before blocks diffusing climbing replaced

Amble

Monsters Locathah Rising

blocks the sphere. While within the sphere, Amble and their allies gain a +5 bonus to Dexterity (Stealth) and Wisdom (Perception) checks, and any light from open flames in the sphere isn’t

their new form. Amble reverts to their true form if they die or fall unconscious. Amble can revert to their true form using a bonus action on their turn. Amble's game statistics are replaced by the

Sul Khatesh

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, as well as this action. Her statistics and capabilities are otherwise replaced by those of the new form, except any class features or legendary actions of that

. Some thirty overlords are bound in Khyber. Two are described here: Rak Tulkhesh and Sul Khatesh, both of whom remain imprisoned and can't take physical form. The stat blocks provided here reflect the

Rak Tulkhesh

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, as well as this action. His statistics and capabilities are otherwise replaced by those of the new form, except any class features or legendary actions

form. The stat blocks provided here reflect the powers they would wield if they were ever unleashed upon the world. Immortal Nature. An overlord doesn't require air, food, drink or sleep. It also

All Stat Blocks (pp. 346–359)

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

All Stat Blocks (pp. 346–359) All stat blocks in appendix B have been replaced with the Monster Manual (2025) versions.

Area Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye

entrance (area N11). The eyeball is also needed to unlock the door in area N11. Light. Rusted wall sconces hold lit torches. The area is dimly lit. Walls and Floors. Walls are constructed of stone blocks

and are slick with moisture, making climbing impossible without magic or gear. Floors are made from a mix of stone slabs and packed earth.

Arrival

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

islands covered with two-foot-tall red, green, and purple mushrooms. Several cave openings overlook the pool from rocky ledges twenty to thirty feet above. The mountain blocks any sunlight from reaching

this place. Gnomengarde has five cave entrances perched atop ledges with sheer, rocky slopes. Climbing to a cave requires a successful DC 13 Strength (Athletics) check. A narrow footpath ascends the northeast slope, making it an easy climb to that cave entrance without a check.

Polymorph

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn

choose that has a Challenge Rating equal to or less than the target’s (or the target’s level if it doesn’t have a Challenge Rating). The target’s game statistics are replaced by the stat block of the

chosen Beast, but the target retains its alignment, personality, creature type, Hit Points, and Hit Point Dice. See appendix B for a sample of Beast stat blocks. The target gains a number of

15. Bridge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

between the two areas through holes in the wall. Any characters or lizardfolk that fall off the bridge take appropriate falling damage, then are attacked by the yuan-ti young. Climbing back up to where

bows, which attack from the eastern stairs. The malisons also use suggestion spells to tell characters that a fellow party member has been replaced by a yuan-ti spy and should be attacked.

15. Bridge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

between the two areas through holes in the wall. Any characters or lizardfolk that fall off the bridge take appropriate falling damage, then are attacked by the yuan-ti young. Climbing back up to where

bows, which attack from the eastern stairs. The malisons also use suggestion spells to tell characters that a fellow party member has been replaced by a yuan-ti spy and should be attacked.

The Ruins

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

The Ruins What’s left of Rundreth Manor stands on a small, steep-sided wooded hill just east of the Long Road, with a carriage drive opening off the caravan road just south of the hill and climbing

its southern side to curve around and approach the back of the manor house from the east. On the surface where the manor once stood are heaps of fallen stone blocks and the tumbled lines of walls

Deck of Many More Things

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

feet. Beast. You immediately transform into a random Beast with a CR of 5 or lower. Your game statistics—including your ability scores, hit points, and possible actions—are replaced by the

immediately gain the benefits of finishing a long rest. Cavern. You gain a climbing speed equal to your walking speed. You also gain the ability to move up, down, across vertical surfaces, and along ceilings

K18. High Tower Staircase

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

ceiling. Heavy beams sag overhead from centuries of supporting weight. The staircase starts at area K84 and spirals upward around a central shaft (area K18a), climbing 300 feet to the top of the high tower

(area K59). A recently constructed masonry wall blocks the staircase 10 feet below the landing west of area K17. A chink in this wall allows gas (or a vampire in gaseous form) to pass from one side

Arrival

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

-wide passageway flanked by forty-foot-high bulwarks of smooth, seamless stone. An iron portcullis covered with rust blocks the entrance. Arrow slits carved into the bulwarks are dark, revealing no hint

sooty hearth and taking 2d6 bludgeoning damage. Characters who use climbing gear to scale the mountain and lower themselves down a chimney have advantage on their checks. See the Basic Rules for more information on advantage.

Dragon's Roost

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

searching and a successful DC 18 Wisdom (Perception) check. Flying creatures can spot the staircase more easily, gaining advantage on the check. Climbing the steps requires no checks, but it takes 1

elemental (or a fire elemental myrmidon from Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse) dwells here, along with a few more fire elementals as minions. Rubble blocks another stairway descending to

Into the Maze

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Into the Maze The minotaurs’ maze fills a region of the Underdark one mile on each side. A network of corridors climbing up to higher levels and descending to lower ones by way of ramps, the maze

requires time, attention, and patience to navigate. The corridors are 10 feet wide and tall, faced with stone blocks mortared into place. Bits of flesh and bone litter the floor, and splashes of blood

General Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

time on a turn or starts its turn there takes 55 (10d10) fire damage. Outer Walls The hold’s 20-foot-thick curtain walls are faced with blocks of carved basalt and filled with a rubble core. The walls

. Scaling a wall without magic or climbing gear requires a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check. Towers Tower walls are 15 feet thick, made of carved basalt, and studded with arrow slits. The towers

Yuan-ti Cities

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

at head height. These features are sometimes trapped or magically warded to prevent anyone from climbing the building’s exterior. Interior walls usually have floor-level holes or tunnels that a Medium

paved. Fountains, gardens, and carved, freestanding columns are common elements. Six-foot-high walls high divide the community into city blocks or districts, with open arches allowing traffic to pass

Reaching the Tomb

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

recently excavated tunnel leads to Xeluan’s tomb and is guarded at all times, as described below: Ten members of the town guard stand watch atop giant blocks of stone that were once part of a great

pitons, rope, and a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check for every 100 feet climbed. On a failed check, a character falls 50 feet before they’re caught by their climbing rope, taking 17 (5d6

7. Drake Nursery

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

check. If characters bring some raw meat to the ledge, the drakes think they’re about to be fed and advance into the light. If characters enter the pit, either by descending the steps or climbing down

and 7 has been replaced with a sheet of parchment cleverly painted to resemble the surrounding stone. It can be spotted with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check, or automatically by someone

Deadstone Cleft

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

Stonebones, and a magical stalactite, the Steinfang, into which the giants carve questions. The carvings fade on nights of the new moon and are replaced with answers. The giants believe that these replies

connecting them. Climbing Walls. The walls of Deadstone Cleft have abundant handholds and are fairly easy to climb, requiring a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. Fossilized Stone Giants

7. Drake Nursery

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

characters bring some raw meat to the ledge, the drakes think they’re about to be fed and advance into the light. If characters enter the pit, either by descending the steps or climbing down the ledge, the

replaced with a sheet of parchment cleverly painted to resemble the surrounding stone. It can be spotted with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check, or automatically by someone who is

Entering Derro Territory

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

metallic to fetid and repugnant, the fires of industry replaced by squalor. The homes in this part of Gracklstugh are crudely carved from the rock or are just holes in the walls, arranged in no apparent

each hour or half hour. Other means of subterfuge such as illusions, climbing along the walls, or using flying or levitation magic automatically avoid detection, but invisibility of any kind activates

Getting the Quest

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

as it licks that character’s face. Then, using every communication tactic at its disposal, it tries to lead the party to its master’s house a few blocks away, grabbing a character by the bootstrap and

up the slopes of Kelvin’s Cairn. Garret’s plan was to take the adventurers to Caer-Konig, the town at the foot of Kelvin’s Cairn. After they acquired some climbing gear from the outfitter there, he

Amble

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising

in space, and an invisible, 30-foot-radius sphere of magic appears, centered on that point. Total cover blocks the sphere. While within the sphere, Amble and their allies gain a +5 bonus to

form using a bonus action on their turn. Amble’s game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the beast, but they retain their alignment, personality, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma

Outside Combat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

falling block trap. This ray allows a beholder to station its minions in parts of the lair that can otherwise be accessed only by climbing or flying, preventing the occupants from escaping. A

scattered petrified creatures to create obstacles in an open chamber, or pack them tightly in a corridor to seal off an area, or use them as falling hazards instead of heavy blocks in order to engender

Level 2: Replicate Magic Item

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

, except its magic isn’t permanent; when you die, the magic item vanishes after 1d4 days. If you replace a plan you know with a new plan, any magic item created with the replaced plan immediately

cursed* Varies Goggles of Night No Manifold Tool† Yes Repeating Shot† Yes Returning Weapon† No Rope of Climbing No Sending Stones No Shield, +1 No Wand of Magic Detection No Wand of Secrets No Wand of the

Living Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Living Spell Living spells come in many varieties; the stat blocks here are three examples. Living spells most often manifest from evocation and conjuration spells. To make a living spell from a

, use spell save DC from the replaced spell, and if the spell involves an attack roll, use the attack bonus from the living spell’s Magical Strike. For example, if you turn fireball (a 3rd-level spell

7. Gray Ghost Garden

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

7. Gray Ghost Garden The Gray Ghosts use this chamber to grow a variety of fungi for use in alchemical experiments. Double doors blocks the western tunnel. The doors are made of thick zurkhwood and

. As an action or a bonus action, a creature can turn the pipe 90 degrees in any direction. Crates The crates along the north wall are made of zurkhwood and stacked 5 feet high, and climbing on top of

Random Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

of Extraction. Unless the dungeon is on high alert (level 6 or higher), a Thayan apprentice and 2d4 Thayan warriors (see appendix B for both stat blocks) accompany a monster in any sector or

. Each group of Thayans has among them 1d4 - 2 potions (minimum 0), each one determined by rolling on the following table. 2d4 Potion 2 Flying 3–4 Climbing 5–7 Healing (1–3), Greater Healing (4–5

Torch

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

pestilent swamp, climbing each spire to its steep, walled-off heights. Notorious kingpins, brazen embezzlers, and brooding criminal masterminds look down on petty larcenists from their towering hideouts, but

lobby is hardly recognizable. The bank’s original tellers are gone, replaced by profiteers who skim a few coins off every transaction. They don’t keep their ill-gotten gains for long, however. The

The Walking Statues

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

stone. Its gaze looks up toward the sphere, and the pattern of bird droppings around its eyes gives it the appearance of weeping. All about the statue, climbing up its chest and on its knee and

its jaw and mouth have been replaced by a door, which leads into the shop known as Thort’s Findings. Undevvur Thort is a wizened ex-adventurer who leans on a cane (which some locals insist is more than

Overlords

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

form. The stat blocks provided here reflect the powers they would wield if they were ever unleashed upon the world. Immortal Nature. An overlord doesn’t require air, food, drink or sleep. It also

, proficiencies, Legendary Resistance, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, as well as this action. His statistics and capabilities are otherwise replaced by those of the new form, except any class

Brimstone Hold Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

feet and rising 30 feet above the river’s surface. Constructed of heavy basalt blocks, the bridge’s piers are plated with iron. B2: Gatehouse Two mighty towers of black stone flank the fortress’s iron

cruelty. Gruk-Gruk B4: Prison Yard Huge blocks of rough basalt lie scattered about the center of this spacious yard, where ten armored duergar oversee a large number of haggard prisoners. The prisoners

Magic Paintings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

extradimensional chamber’s walls, floors, ceilings, and doors are impervious to damage. A creature can leave an extradimensional chamber and return to the manor by climbing through the chamber’s window

is cold and fresh. A hostile roc takes up much of the room and attacks intruders on sight. It’s sustained by magic and is too big to leave the room. If killed, the roc is not replaced. The Bard and the Beholder

Ruinous Citadel Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Daggers, a +2 Longbow, three Potions of Poison, and a Potion of Giant Strength (stone). One banner bearing Lolth’s symbol is bordered with a thick silk rope. This is a Rope of Climbing that functions

another ogre-sized, squat around the table. A raklupis spyder-fiend named Jallizanx is here with two kakkuu spyder-fiends (for both stat blocks, see appendix A). The kakkuus are relaying orders to

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