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Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
to water and is destroyed.
Charm. A creature can grab the staff out of the air with a successful grapple check against the staff, and grappling the staff does not reduce the creature's speed. Any
successfully resists the staff's control can't be charmed by it for 24 hours.
A creature holding the staff that isn't charmed by it can use an action to attempt to break the staff over a knee or against a
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
24 hours. Even if the creature can enter the temple, the magic there hinders it; whenever it makes an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw inside the temple, it must roll a d4 and
).
The temple is made from opaque magical force that extends into the Ethereal Plane, thus blocking ethereal travel into the temple’s interior. Nothing can physically pass through the temple’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Wisdom (Perception) check uncovers a gilded spyglass worth 1,000 gp. A2: Ventricle Chamber Brian Valeza Deep in the heart of Havock lurks a creature called a
hertilod, which has swallowed a piece of
through the area without waking the hertilod by succeeding on a DC 18 Dexterity (Stealth) check. Otherwise, the hertilod wakes when it detects a creature within 30 feet of itself and attacks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
mahogany. Any of the doors might be swollen shut, requiring a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check to open. Less obviously, the structure supernaturally resists damage. While dormant, the house
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
(see chapter 3) are the only NPCs who actively suggest going to Gracklstugh. They know that duergar have no love for the drow, and their draconian laws keep all foreigners in check, which should
, others can provide the above information. Sarith resists plans to travel to the city at first, conscious of the low regard the duergar have for drow. He changes his mind quickly, however, as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Book Description The book is a heavy tome with covers of white marble bound in pale blue leather. A large padlock prevents the book from being opened and resists all attempts to open it with magic
servitude to Zikran. The last ninety pages of the book are blank, and a character who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check can figure out that this volume used to serve as a wizard’s spellbook. At some point, the spells were removed in such a way as to leave the pages blank.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
15. Wind Tunnel Carved birds soar across the walls of this corridor. Blocking the passage near its northern end is a large adamantine propeller with five sharp blades.
With a successful DC 15
Wisdom (Perception) check, a character discerns that the entire floor of the corridor is a single pressure plate. The adamantine propeller has AC 20, 30 hit points, and immunity to all damage except force
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fated Flight of the Recluse
for trying to hijack the Recluse, but a character that takes the Search action and makes a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check discerns that he’s hiding something. Kreffik comes clean and offers
to reveal his cargo to the characters if a character takes the Influence action and succeeds on a DC 15 Charisma (Intimidation or Persuasion) check. Leading them to the Recluse’s cargo hold, Kreffik
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
paralyzed for 4 hours. If all the characters succumb to the gas, they are found by the witches who lair in area K56 and dragged to area K50, then left there unharmed. If even one character resists the
successful check doesn’t reveal the mechanism to open it. That can be found only through trial and error, or the characters can bypass the mechanism with a knock spell or similar magic. The secret door at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
disadvantage. A creature hit by the trap has its speed reduced to 0. It can’t move until it breaks free of the trap, which requires a successful DC 15 Strength check by the creature or another creature
adjacent to the trap. Countermeasures. A successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check reveals the trap. A successful DC 10 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools disables it. Crossbow Trap Simple trap
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
can grab the staff out of the air with a successful grapple check against the staff, and grappling the staff does not reduce the creature’s speed. Any creature that successfully grapples the staff
does its best to obey. The creature can repeat the saving throw each time it takes damage, ending the effect on itself on a success. A creature that successfully resists the staff’s control can’t be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
, blocking them in. If anyone is hesitant to enter, he’ll beckon for them to come forward, asking them to converse with him. In this regard, his demeanor is regal, but gracious and non-hostile. “Please. Come
18 Strength (Athletics) check or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check to free themselves. The sea lions are immune to this effect. A character who successfully casts dispel magic against a 6th level spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
there hinders it; whenever it makes an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw inside the temple, it must roll a d4 and subtract the number rolled from the d20 roll. In addition, the sensors
, thus blocking ethereal travel into the temple’s interior. Nothing can physically pass through the temple’s exterior. It can’t be dispelled by dispel magic, and antimagic field has no effect on it. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
characters approach either bridge, they can make out the initial details of the rift and can see the guards blocking the path. Read the following to set the scene: A rift in the earth divides Elturel into
bridge can be activated to produce a radiant energy harmful to fiends and undead. A character touching the bridge who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Religion) check as an action can speak the proper
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
ten thugs blocking her path work for him. Traevus and his thugs are indifferent toward the party but turn hostile if the characters try to force their way onto the Moondancer with Captain Sartell in
the party and Sartell on as crew, doing so with a successful DC 10 Charisma (Persuasion) check. If Traevus learns that Sartell is the ship’s captain, he orders his thugs to apprehend Sartell, hoping
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
the cracks, and you hear the sounds of shouting and hammering coming from somewhere beyond the wall.
The stones blocking the end of the tunnel can be easily moved to create a 3-foot-square opening
restrained and can’t use its Grabby Hands action or take reactions. A character who spends 1 minute trying to untangle its strings can make a DC 14 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check, freeing the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
between two small, stone outbuildings, to either side of which stretches a five-foot-high, three-foot-thick wall of jumbled stones held together with mortar. Blocking the road are iron gates attached
they aren’t awake when the characters arrive (see below). Characters who succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity (Stealth) check can climb over the low outer wall without waking them. If one or more characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers
) with the characters, Astarion recognizes two Vampire Wardens from Cazador’s palace. The wardens are blocking the public exit to Rat’s Run. Certain that someone from the palace wants to kidnap him
character makes a DC 13 Dexterity (Stealth) check. If the checks are successful, the wardens don’t notice the group. On a failed check, the vampire wardens notice the group and begin combat. No Safe Spaces
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
-looking path, road, or trails occasionally become sharp for 100-foot intervals. Walking on these areas is like walking on caltrops. Small avalanches of rock intermittently fall, blocking a path or burying
creates one or more of the following additional regional effects within 1 mile of her lair: Small avalanches of snow intermittently fall, blocking a path or burying intruders. A buried creature is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
placed to be phosphorescent mushrooms.
The lights are proper lamps flanking two massive stone gates blocking the tunnel. Before you get a chance to examine the intricate carvings on the gates
interrogation by speaking for the party and making a DC 15 Charisma check (Deception and Persuasion apply; Intimidation or Performance are met with scorn). Depending on how believable the party’s story is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
remain protective of the area. If the characters want to proceed into area 10 without angering the kraken priests, they must succeed on DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check and promise not to harm Fhenimore
, one of the kraken priests triggers the ballistae trap, firing both siege weapons simultaneously, while the other casts Evard’s black tentacles, effectively blocking off the entrance to area 10. On the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
foes, at which point the deep friendships between them forge the kind of fighting force needed to overthrow tyranny and eradicate evil. Harper scouts engaged in charting and blocking off Underdark
guardian by winning a game of chess against the Harper wizard. Zelraun suggests a match after dinner. A chess match takes 1 hour, and the outcome is determined by a best-of-three Intelligence check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
feet ahead of you, blocking the path. Each has several black-feathered arrows sticking out of it. The woods press close to the trail here, with a steep embankment and dense thickets on either side.
If
modifier: +6. Check to see who, if anyone, is surprised. The party can’t surprise the goblins, but the goblins might surprise some or all of the characters. Make a Dexterity (Stealth) check for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
—an exact likeness of Ireena Kolyana.
Phillip (as Gareth): How old does the painting look?
Maeve (as Mirabella): I’m going to check the books!
Jared: OK, I’ll get to those in a second. Russell
nice. But I’m also alert for danger.
3 Jared: Got it. OK, Phillip, please make an Intelligence (History) check as Gareth looks at the painting.
Phillip: I don’t have proficiency in History, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
(Insight) check. On a success, a character discerns that Volo is honest but might be stretching the truth about how much he can pay. (Currently low on cash, Volo is awaiting royalty payments from Volo’s
embarrassed to admit he might have gotten his friend Floon in trouble, and he resists providing all the details of what happened the night Floon disappeared. Beset by writer’s block, Volo met Floon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
searching this chamber for useful fungi and succeeds on a DC 12 Intelligence (Nature) or Wisdom (Survival) check finds 1d6 of these reddish mushrooms, which bear an unsettling resemblance to human hearts
identify with a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) check. If a character moves more than 5 feet into the chamber, six stirges emerge from the nest and attack. Meanwhile, the sprouts flee toward
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check is needed to push the door open. Each check requires an action. Disable the Statues. A statue can be disabled by blocking the flow of gas from its mouth
Rune of Fear increases the trap’s power. Each successful check on an attempt to disable the rune increases the damage of the blades and the crushing pillars by 5 (1d10) and increases the rune’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
) check also finds the trap. A character can disarm the trap by making a successful DC 12 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. The trap triggers if a character walks through the trip wire, or if an
) check to climb out of the pit because of the slick slime and moss growing on its sides. C. Spiked Pit Trap Each of these pits, measuring 6 feet by 6 feet and with a depth of 10 feet, has long wooden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, calling them “the Delvers,” and leave the bodies untouched. Secret Door. In the southeastern corner is a secret door that requires a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to find by noticing the
jumble does collapse. Then, a 10-foot section of the tunnel is buried in the heap, blocking passage. Removing the debris takes a few hours of work. Moving Stones. This area was a large storage cellar and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Dexterity check using thieves’ tools to open it. A locked door can also be smashed open with a successful DC 15 Strength check. A character looking for a secret door finds one with a successful DC 15
Wisdom (Perception) check. 1. Cellar The stairway leading down into the cellar shows signs of recent foot traffic. Characters can find these tracks easily. When the characters open the door at the bottom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, and green copper. Its heavy iron gauntlets are clenched into fists, and the ominous helm that forms its head turns slowly from side to side.
Shield Guardian. The construct blocking passage into
door, doing so with a successful DC 20 Dexterity check. Alternatively, a character can spend 1 minute pressing their ear to the safe’s door while trying to delicately pick its combination lock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
character can pull the doors open by succeeding on a DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check. A 30-foot-deep pit just inside these doors is spanned by a 20-foot-square wooden drawbridge that can be raised by a
to bend the bars to create an opening big enough for a Small creature to squeeze through, doing so with a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check. O4. Armory Piles of equipment are pushed against
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
on a DC 13 Wisdom (Perception) check notices wet footprints along the cavern floor before the derro attack. Pools. Both pools are 8 feet deep at their deepest point. A short underwater tunnel in the
of bones, and other macabre paraphernalia lie scattered around the room. An eerie, persistent scratching sound comes from behind the fallen masonry blocking the far end of the room.
This was the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
enough to pass for a Ten-Towner. Any character who doubts Pekoe’s story can make a Wisdom (Insight) check; if the character’s check result is higher than the doppelganger’s Charisma (Deception) check
he regains a number of hit points equal to the amount of psychic damage dealt. A character who succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (Religion) check recognizes the statue as a depiction of Deep Duerra
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
an ability check or saving throw is the number that a player’s roll must equal or exceed to succeed.
For example, if the Barbarian wants to move a heavy boulder blocking the mouth of a cave, that
abilities either a limited number of times or only under special circumstances. If there’s a small box next to a spell or ability, that means you can only use it that many times. Check off a box when you