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Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Keen Sight. The roc has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The roc makes two attacks: one with its beak and one with its talons.
Beak. Melee Weapon Attack: +7
enemies on the ground, and engage flying foes.
The shape of a Skyjek roc's body makes it relatively easy to saddle and ride, and it is typically equipped with armor plating on its head and chest
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
favorite fishing lure or oiled leather wading boots, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a belt pouch containing 10 gp
FEATURE: HARVEST THE WATER
You gain advantage on ability checks made using
Wrestling. You fought in hand-to-hand combat with an immense lobster.
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It Dragged the Boat. You nearly caught a fish of monstrous size that pulled your boat for miles.
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Fins of Pure Gold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
with them. Navigation and propulsion of the craft is handled by two members of the town guard (guards), who are assigned by the council to sail or row the boat. The guards do not disembark when the
characters reach their destination, instead staying with the boat to keep it under their control and guard the party’s return trip. While they are at sea, as their boat approaches the promontory, the
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
you. You have disadvantage on Wisdom (Animal Handling) checks.
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One weapon or item you carry of your choice gains a walking speed of 30 feet and goes where you tell it.
Your armor and clothing
make an Intelligence check or use divination magic to learn something about a creature, that knowledge comes with added trivia of the DM’s devising.
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You emanate a weak magnetic aura
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, ability checks made to steer the boat and fish for trout have disadvantage, as do saving throws against the effects of extreme cold.
15 A knucklehead trout (see appendix C) leaps out of the
lake in a boat, roll on the Lake Events table at the end of each hour to determine what occurs next. Lake Events d20 Lake Event
1–10 The lake is still and quiet for the next hour. A fine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
assistant administering the test, cheating on this Exam is a relatively easy matter; the DCs of the two checks is only 12. Costume Designs A character who showed Dean Tullus their plans for a historical
makes two ability checks related to parts of the test: Magical Devices and Their Functions. Matching a list of magical devices with their functions requires a successful DC 18 Intelligence (History
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
of three ability checks. If a character succeeds on two or more of the three ability checks, they win. If a character fails on two or more ability checks, their opponent wins. The Glorium Contests
characters reach the gate, but getting close enough to update their mimir is a damp, miserable experience that attracts the attention of whirlwyrms (see the “Whirlwyrm Attack” section). Hiring a boat to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
roc’s body makes it relatively easy to saddle and ride, and it is typically equipped with armor plating on its head and chest. Skyjek rocs are headstrong and impulsive, but their bravery makes them ideal
Sight. The roc has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Actions
Multiattack. The roc makes two attacks: one with its beak and one with its talons.
Beak. Melee Weapon Attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
unlacquered hardwood planks. Rough, splintery, and slightly warped with age, these floors creak when walked on. Characters make any ability checks to move stealthily on the upper floors at
interior walls are plastered lath, making them relatively soundproof. The basement walls are made of clay bricks braced at regular intervals by thick, rough-cut wooden beams. Windows Most of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
with Amanisha, the effects of Jijibisha’s wall of fire spell spring up, separating as many characters from their boat as possible. Read the following description: A woman with tattered, ancient robes and
has disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls until she regains it. She fights to the death. A character who succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (History) check has heard of Jijibisha Manivarshi and can confirm that she was favored to win the Shankha Trials the year Manivarsha was destroyed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
area 10) are devising a means of escape using a set of superior mason’s tools hidden there, and that these tools can also weaken the eidolon in the Temple of Moloch (see area 25 in chapter 4). They also
Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes the girallon to leave. Roll a d4. On a 1–2, the girallon checks in with Moghadam in area 1. On a 3–4, it goes to see Phenex in area 14.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
crewing a boat for longer than that is considered a forced march (see chapter 8 of the Player’s Handbook). Boat Most craft navigating the waters of the Darklake are zurkhwood vessels piloted by the kuo-tua
exhaustion. Characters not actively swimming but simply clinging to something that floats (including the wreckage of a boat or raft) can drift with the current at a speed of 1 mph. Check for creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
have seen the ship, row ashore and pick the characters up (say in the cave below the haunted house), that takes 15 or 20 minutes. The characters then board the fishing boat, which is rowed out toward the
ship. The journey to the ship takes 30 minutes (20 minutes with more than two rowing), but if the boat is to approach the Sea Ghost from the seaward side, another 5 minutes should be added. The ship
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
days inside the city before the duergar slavers start taking their measure. Arriving by way of the Darklake Docks is easier and more discreet. If the characters are traveling by boat, Buppido can
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Noise. The clanging and clacking of hammers and machinery echoes constantly throughout the city. Wisdom (Perception) checks made to listen in Gracklstugh have disadvantage.
Smoke and Haze
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
boat and dump its passengers into the river. Doing so allows three of the ghouls to use their actions to attempt Strength checks, while three others use their actions to take the Help action. If any
edge of the castle yard leads down to the boat basin and landing. Carved into the bluff is a 20-foot-long staircase. Random Encounters. Characters lingering in the castle yard are likely to encounter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
chance of another attack becomes 50 percent every half hour. Sneaking through the senseless arrangement of the burrows is relatively easy, as the derro are normally too preoccupied with their own mad
mob meant to drive away invisible duergar patrols. Derro make active Wisdom (Perception) checks contested by the characters’ Dexterity (Stealth) checks if a ward is activated. Characters using detect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
relatively regular dimensions. They are known for their unusual rock formations and abundant patches of fungi, and for being suffused with faerzress (see chapter 2). There are currently two factions
the effect.
Edible Fungi. Edible fungi (including pygmywort and bigwig) are abundant in the Whorlstone Tunnels. Characters can attempt DC 10 Wisdom (Survival) checks to forage here.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
chapter 9, “Dungeon Master’s Workshop”), a creature makes a Sanity saving throw instead.
Madness Effects Madness can be short-term, long-term, or indefinite. Most relatively mundane effects impose
ability checks. 71–75 The character does whatever anyone tells him or her to do that isn’t obviously self-destructive. 76–80 The character experiences an overpowering urge to eat something strange such as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Madness Effects Madness can be short-term, long-term, or indefinite. Most relatively mundane effects impose short-term madness, which lasts for just a few minutes. More horrific effects or cumulative
the nearest creature. 61-70 The character experiences vivid hallucinations and has disadvantage on ability checks. 71-75 The character does whatever anyone tells him or her to do that isn't obviously
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
infernal iron that is 5 feet thick. See chapter 5 for more information on breaking these infernal chains. The chain links are covered in 1-foot-long iron barbs that make them relatively easy to move
along. The posts of infernal iron that anchor Elturel to the ground likewise offer numerous handholds for climbing. If the characters navigate the chains and the posts carefully, no ability checks are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
wading boots, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a belt pouch containing 10 gp Feature: Harvest the Water You gain advantage on ability checks made using fishing tackle. If you have access to a body of
Dragged the Boat. You nearly caught a fish of monstrous size that pulled your boat for miles. 3 Fins of Pure Gold. You caught a sea animal whose fins were made of pure gold, but another fisher stole it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
them what their characters perceive, so it’s important to make sure you’re telling them important information about their surroundings. The Perception skill and Wisdom checks made using it are key
another creature is using the Stealth skill to hide. Noticing a hidden creature is never trivially easy or automatically impossible, so characters can always try Wisdom (Perception) checks to do so. Using
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
keeps order, a relatively easy job until the sahuagin arrived. Marciano refuses to answer questions shouted through the door unless a character first succeeds on a DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check to
gain his trust. Characters who break into his house have disadvantage on all Charisma checks made to interact with Marciano. Once the characters gain Marciano’s trust, he shares the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
The Sea Characters can row a boat for 8 hours per day, or can row longer at the risk of exhaustion (as per the rules for a forced march in chapter 8 of the Player’s Handbook). A fully crewed sailing
create a storm with high waves. A crew caught in a storm loses sight of all landmarks (unless there’s a lighthouse or other bright feature), and ability checks made to navigate during the storm have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
provides advantage to any characters’ ability checks made to interact with the monastery’s Grand Master. Secret Agendas. Steal the highest-valued object from the party without getting caught; convince
Xanathar’s Guide to Everything), to cast the light cantrip at will, and to grant other characters advantage on Dexterity checks made with thieves’ tools and on ability checks made to identify or operate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. A character proficient with water vehicles makes these checks with advantage. Boat Made of Boats. A character who succeeds on a DC 16 Wisdom (Survival) check formulates a plan to use rope and rings of
village’s four hundred residents. Let the characters concoct ways to solve this problem. If they don’t initially have ideas, characters can make skill checks to identify solutions like the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
wearer has a Strength score equal to or higher than the listed score. Stealth. If the Armor table shows "Disadvantage" in the Stealth column, the wearer has disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks
with supple leather. Although it leaves the legs and arms relatively unprotected, this armor provides good protection for the wearer’s vital organs while leaving the wearer relatively unencumbered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
following benefits: You gain a bonus to your AC equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1). Your walking speed increases by 10 feet. You have advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks. You
. Styles that focus on the use of a hafted weapon, such as an axe or hammer, have been grouped together as bird styles, yet they vary wildly. All relatively new styles, they use weapons not typically favored
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the injuries suffered by his predecessor, Jorlan Duskryn. Shoor is relatively young and quite arrogant for a drow male, proud of his abilities and accomplishments. He is still flush with his success in
. Because of his injuries, Jorlan has disadvantage on attack rolls, Dexterity checks, and Dexterity saving throws. Drow Warriors The remaining drow males garrisoning Velkynvelve are named Balok, Bemeril
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
devising tactics and carrying out plans. Powerful deathlocks recruit lesser creatures to help them carry out their missions, becoming the masterminds behind vast conspiracies and intrigues that culminate
Bonus +2
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the deathlock has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Unusual Nature. The deathlock doesn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
(Survival) check to guide their boat safely and inconspicuously to an empty dock. If the group check fails, nearby guards notice the characters but don’t immediately identify them as a threat. However, you
can choose to impose disadvantage on any checks the characters make to remain inconspicuous during their first day in Gracklstugh.
Map 4.1: Gracklstugh View Player Version Getting Captured Even after
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
ends. A blizzard’s howling wind limits hearing to a range of 100 feet and imposes disadvantage on ranged weapon attack rolls. It also imposes disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on
nonmagical means and can’t hover. Visibility in a blizzard is reduced to 30 feet. Creatures without goggles or other eye protection have disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
DM’s choice Hostile Island Leader Motivations d4 Motivation 1 The leader wants to commandeer a boat to conquer other islands. 2 The leader takes all treasure gained by its followers, growing rich
characters. All Charisma checks made to influence the inhabitants have disadvantage. Sanctum Island Story Hooks d4 Story Hook 1 A spy among the inhabitants needs extraction from the island. 2 The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Random Encounters With routine patrols of heavily armed gray dwarves who can turn invisible, Gracklstugh is a relatively safe place for those who know where they belong and stay there. However
repressing the rest of the mob. Word quickly spreads that the characters helped the city guard control the unruly derro scum. At your discretion, give the characters advantage on checks made to interact with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
and chair, where Kadroth takes his meals. Kadroth’s black cat, Touche, is the chamber’s sole occupant, although Mere (see area C7) routinely checks on the fire to make sure the room stays warm. C13
farther into the cistern. The lever that lowers and raises this gate is in area C22. The gate can also be opened with a knock spell or similar magic. Rowboat. This boat comes with two oars and can hold two