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Poltergeist
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
, the poltergeist makes a Charisma check contested by the target’s Strength check. If the poltergeist wins the contest, the poltergeist hurls the target up to 30 feet in any direction, including
that isn’t being worn or carried, the poltergeist hurls it up to 30 feet in any direction. The poltergeist can use the object as a ranged weapon, attacking one creature along the object’s
Telekinesis
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contest, you move the creature up to 30 feet in any direction, including upward but not beyond the range of this spell. Until the end of your next turn, the creature is restrained in your telekinetic
grip. A creature lifted upward is suspended in mid-air.
On subsequent rounds, you can use your action to attempt to maintain your telekinetic grip on the creature by repeating the contest.
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Sphere of Annihilation
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Magic Items
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action to make a DC 25 Intelligence (Arcana) check. On a success, the sphere levitates in one direction of your choice, up to a number of feet equal to 5 × your Intelligence modifier (minimum 5
attempt to control a sphere that is under another creature's control, you make an Intelligence (Arcana) check contested by the other creature's Intelligence (Arcana) check. The winner of the contest
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
of its turns to determine its behavior during the turn:
1–4. The target takes no action or bonus action and uses all of its movement to move in a random direction.
5–6. The
upbeat demeanor and is a strict observer of noble etiquette and courtesies. He knows the way to Downfall and can point charactersin the right direction. He can also impart the following useful information
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
smaller creature. Make an ability check with your spellcasting ability contested by the creature’s Strength check. If you win the contest, you move the creature up to 30 feet in any direction
rounds, you can use your action to attempt to maintain your telekinetic grip on the creature by repeating the contest. Object. You can try to move an object that weighs up to 1,000 pounds. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
smaller creature. Make an ability check with your spellcasting ability contested by the creature’s Strength check. If you win the contest, you move the creature up to 30 feet in any direction
rounds, you can use your action to attempt to maintain your telekinetic grip on the creature by repeating the contest. Object. You can try to move an object that weighs up to 1,000 pounds. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
. Lassoing or riding a kindori doesn’t cause it to attack. A kindori lashed to the Second Wind with rope pulls the ship across space in whatever direction it is headed. Krux knows the way to Topolah’s tower
and can indicate which direction the kindori must go to reach it. The tower isn’t along the whales’ migration path, so a character must coax the kindori into altering course. As an action, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
feet of an uncontrolled sphere, you can use an action to make a DC 25 Intelligence (Arcana) check. On a success, the sphere levitates in one direction of your choice, up to a number of feet equal to 5
(Arcana) check. The winner of the contest gains control of the sphere and can levitate it as normal. If the sphere comes into contact with a planar portal, such as that created by the gate spell, or an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
feet of an uncontrolled sphere, you can use an action to make a DC 25 Intelligence (Arcana) check. On a success, the sphere levitates in one direction of your choice, up to a number of feet equal to 5
(Arcana) check. The winner of the contest gains control of the sphere and can levitate it as normal. If the sphere comes into contact with a planar portal, such as that created by the gate spell, or an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the animated wand is grabbed while Rantantar’s spirit is lodged inside it, a contest of wills ensues. The creature grabbing the wand must immediately make a DC 20 Charisma saving throw. On a failed
save, the creature is forced to release the wand. On a successful save, the wand becomes inanimate until the creature lets go of it. If a spellcaster holds the wand long enough to become attuned to it, that act banishes Rantantar’s evil spirit from the wand forever.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Triumph in a contest of strength or endurance to prove Mogis’s superiority over other gods.
6 Defeat a champion of another god (most likely Iroas, Heliod, or Ephara).
A Mogis Campaign A campaign
characters, now deeply indebted to the god of slaughter, realize that he will not release them willingly from his service. At this point, the characters might seek freedom from Mogis’s service. Iroas or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
increasing or reducing the size of the fire spilling out of the furnace. The more heat that is allowed to fill the balloon, the higher the ship can rise. Opening the hatch or the valve doesn’t release the
, the other Direction (in Common). Behind the hatch is a steel-walled compartment that holds a magically bound air elemental. The air elemental powers the aft propeller. Moving the Thrust lever to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
target’s Strength check. If the poltergeist wins the contest, the poltergeist hurls the target up to 30 feet in any direction, including upward. If the target then comes into contact with a hard
surface or heavy object, the target takes 1d6 damage per 10 feet moved.
If the target is an object that isn’t being worn or carried, the poltergeist hurls it up to 30 feet in any direction. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
tribe has rested, to leave the cooked human here, and take the traveling village in a different direction to keep the tribe safe from the rot trolls. This could give the party some information on a
peaceful resolution. If the party approaches peacefully and succeeds on some DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) checks, they might convince the lizardfolk to release the prisoners if the party defeat the rot trolls for them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, swoops down from the direction of the tower. His skin is cadaver-blue, and his face is frozen in a scream. Rigorath holds a kettle of steaming water in one hand. Before speaking, he pours the boiling
each character’s Intelligence or Wisdom score. Characters who came here from the Obelisk (see "The Obelisk") can bargain with Rigorath for the means to release Ubbalux from the standing stones. In this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
his lair, which lies beyond the opening in the ceiling. Statue Guardian. If the characters approach the statue, the panther will stand and pad menacingly in their direction … and then continue on
tunnel can release the rope and drop into the well, taking no immediate damage (other than being covered in the liquid light), or it can swing its body outward and drop onto the floor, taking falling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
succeed automatically if the target is incapacitated. If you succeed, you subject the target to the grappled condition. The condition specifies the things that end it, and you can release the target
smaller than you. CONTESTS IN COMBAT
Battle often involves pitting your prowess against that of your foe. Such a challenge is represented by a contest. This section includes the most common
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
. Contests in Combat Battle often involves pitting your prowess against that of your foe. Such a challenge is represented by a contest. This section includes the most common contests that require an action
target to the grappled condition. The condition specifies the things that end it, and you can release the target whenever you like (no action required). Escaping a Grapple. A grappled creature can use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
dramatically (and perhaps violently) worthy in a contest of strength, a feat of endurance, or a similar accomplishment.
5 You called on Mogis’s power to settle old scores by becoming an
heart and gives me power. (Any)
4 Fury. My only release from life’s endless grind is surrendering to my inner beast. (Evil)
5 Ruthlessness. The ends justify the means and victory is to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Slanty Tower Characters might travel to Slanty Tower because they headed in that direction after one of them saw the balloon crash shortly after their arrival. Otherwise, they stumble across this
etiquette and courtesies. He knows the way to Downfall and can point characters in the right direction. He can also impart the following useful information: Bavlorna Blightstraw lives in a spooky cottage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
its direction or collective nerve, you stand tall with the power of your convictions and an even more powerful assortment of weapons to keep things on track. If that sometimes inspires a need to crack
combatants enter a fight not knowing whether their boots have come untied.
6 You have a belt pouch specially made to release ball bearings or caltrops in the thick of the fight, forcing your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
participants can’t normally make opportunity attacks against each other, since they are all assumed to be moving in the same direction at the same time. Chase Complications Complications occur randomly during
escapes. If not, the chase continues for another round. If the characters catch Itzmin, he tells them where Serapio is in exchange for his release. Should Itzmin escape, the character who has the highest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
walls to ripple.
The contractions ripple toward the Nematode’s guts (area N4) but aren’t powerful enough to physically move the characters in that direction. N3: Membrane Eighty feet down the throat
save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature reduced to 0 hit points from this acid damage is completely dissolved. Surgical Precision. Controlling the fluid’s release more carefully
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
different combatants to maneuver. The giant moves in the characters’ direction and lashes out. Two duergar guards and two duergar xarrorn (see appendix C) respond to the giant’s roaring, racing in to join
. The characters can use this chance to escape, or they can help, albeit with disadvantage on attack rolls if they are shackled. The duergar are pragmatists and release characters who help them deal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
.
By the lift’s interior light, you can see into a vast, unlit cavern strewn with broken stonework from ancient buildings as far as you can see in every direction. The air is stale, and filled with
the pit doesn’t require an ability check. If the party does not intervene, the warforged laborers simply sit until release by Garra or another member of Daask. If the party frees them, the warforged
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
detected inside the forge, three ogres stand around the northernmost table, where two fire giants are locked in an arm-wrestling contest. The ogres are cheering on the giants and paying close attention
to the contest. Characters who stay in the shadows and try to cross the room quietly gain advantage on their Dexterity (Stealth) checks. The fire giants and the ogres investigate any loud disturbance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
narrative or if the players get off track. Each can be expanded as you like, and is meant to tie into one of the main chapters in the adventure (or to let you gently guide the players in that direction). Each
. Lord Volmer also tells the party that the lords of the Nine Hells are divided when it comes to the matter of Tiamat’s release. He tells the party that if Tiamat is prevented from escaping, the party
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
kill Klarg in area 8, promising to release Sildar when they bring back the bugbear’s head. Sildar groggily warns the characters that they shouldn’t trust the goblin, and he’s right. If the characters
characters ask an NPC party member for advice or direction, remember that NPCs make mistakes too. An NPC won’t deliberately put himself or herself in harm’s way unless there’s a good reason to do so. An NPC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
narrative or if the players get off track. Each can be expanded as you like, and is meant to tie into one of the main chapters in the adventure (or to let you gently guide the players in that direction). Each
. Lord Volmer also tells the party that the lords of the Nine Hells are divided when it comes to the matter of Tiamat’s release. He tells the party that if Tiamat is prevented from escaping, the party
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
narrative or if the players get off track. Each can be expanded as you like, and is meant to tie into one of the main chapters in the adventure (or to let you gently guide the players in that direction). Each
. Lord Volmer also tells the party that the lords of the Nine Hells are divided when it comes to the matter of Tiamat’s release. He tells the party that if Tiamat is prevented from escaping, the party
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Blossom ever since. Thunderwing has no sense of direction and no sense of time. Any questions relating to such topics just confuse her. The first character who touches Thunderwing experiences an image
something else entirely. Both Konrad and Rugga are in constant agony. They can communicate telepathically out to a range of 60 feet. Their communications consist of pleas to release them from their torment
Equipment
when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random Arcane Anomaly when destroyed.
Delerium Hazards
When a humanoid creature touches delerium without protective gear (such as
triggering creature.
51–52
Each creature within 60 feet of the triggering creature (including the triggering creature) chooses a direction and rolls 2d6. Each creature is then teleported to
Equipment
reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random Arcane Anomaly when destroyed.
Delerium Hazards
When a humanoid creature touches delerium without protective gear (such as
triggering creature.
51–52
Each creature within 60 feet of the triggering creature (including the triggering creature) chooses a direction and rolls 2d6. Each creature is then teleported to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
creature that qualifies as a controller can gain control of a globe by winning a contest of Intelligence checks against the current controller. A creature that touches a globe but isn’t its controller must
check. Also as an action, a globe’s controller can release a trapped creature with a successful DC 10 Intelligence check. A creature inside a globe has half cover against effects that originate
Equipment
reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random Arcane Anomaly when destroyed.
Delerium Hazards
When a humanoid creature touches delerium without protective gear (such as
triggering creature.
51–52
Each creature within 60 feet of the triggering creature (including the triggering creature) chooses a direction and rolls 2d6. Each creature is then teleported to the