being before devising completely rolls

Swamp Encounters (Levels 11–20)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

by the neck 26–30 2d4 wights 31–35 1d8 + 1 yuan-ti malisons 36–40 Fog that rolls across the terrain, making the area within 1d3 miles heavily obscured for 1d4 hours 41–45 1d4 revenants 46–50 1d6

shambling mounds 51–55 1d10 water elementals 56–60 1d4 young black dragons 61–65 An eerie, bat-headed idol almost completely covered by vines 66–70 1d8 + 2 trolls 71–75 1d3 hydras 76–80 The sound of drums beating several miles away 81–96 1 adult black dragon 97–00 1 ancient black dragon

M10. Treasury

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

energy cells, and the like. The controls that operate the antimagic field are set into a wall and completely hidden behind a pile of junk. More piles of junk hide the monastery’s treasure, including

exploration of the mountains, building an ambulatory craft capable of crawling up and down mountainous slopes to travel farther into the Barrier Peaks, and other tasks of your devising. Completing any such

Location Overview

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

. Light. Interior areas with no natural light to illuminate them are completely dark. Temperature. The temperature is slightly above freezing during the day and plunges at night. Whenever the

checks, attack rolls, and saving throws, and its speed is halved. The creature freezes to death if it suffers these effects for six consecutive hours. These effects end on the creature after it spends at least an hour in a place of warmth.

Flesh Golem

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

incoherently to vent its outrage. If the spirit breaks free of its creator’s will, the golem goes berserk until calmed, or until its shell of flesh is destroyed or completely healed. Flesh Golem Medium

golem takes fire damage, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks until the end of its next turn. Immutable Form. The golem is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

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. 05 You emanate a weak magnetic aura

bones. You have vulnerability to radiant damage, and you have disadvantage on attack rolls while in direct sunlight. 09 You summon a unicorn that obeys your commands. If you give a command that

M3. Central Abbey

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

(Perception) check identifies them as such. When the devil rolls a 20 on an attack roll with a claw, the target is decapitated. (At your option, the attack can instead deal an extra 6d8 slashing damage.) A

. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage. If East Wind rolls a 20 on the attack roll, the target must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or suffer the effects of a polymorph spell. West Wind is armed

Deathlocks

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

High Moor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

, enabling just enough of the wolves to survive that they aren’t wiped out completely. Human barbarians also inhabit the High Moor, living mostly on its western fringes with large herds of sheep and

the fog that rolls off the heights of the moor to shroud its trees. Melandrach, King of the Woods, rules here and holds the forest as the exclusive domain of the elves. Though game animals roam in

Traps in Play

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

more like a combat encounter. When a complex trap activates, it rolls initiative. The trap’s description includes an initiative bonus. On its turn, the trap activates again, often taking an action

bypassed in the usual ways. For example, a trap that causes a room to slowly flood works best as a complex trap. On the trap’s turn, the water level rises. After several rounds, the room is completely flooded.

Traps in Play

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

like a combat encounter. When a complex trap activates, it rolls initiative. The trap's description includes an initiative bonus. On its turn, the trap activates again, often taking an action. It

the usual ways. For example, a trap that causes a room to slowly flood works best as a complex trap. On the trap's turn, the water level rises. After several rounds, the room is completely flooded.

Above the Ashen Spires

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fated Flight of the Recluse

the dragon gives up its chase. Dragon Chase Complications. While the chase is ongoing, each participant in the chase rolls 1d12 at the end of its turn. Consult the Dragon Chase Complications table to

strong that even the airship’s wind wards don’t completely block it out. Make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw to avoid inhaling the ash. On a failed save, you have the Poisoned condition until the

D: Sunward Fortress

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

power of the Spawning Stone—the source of the vicious monsters called slaadi. The Dragon Army evacuated the ruin, but not completely. The evil cleric Belephaion, Lohezet’s peer, was fascinated with

feels unwell; its speed is halved; and it has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws. At birth, the tadpole chews its way through vital organs and out of the host’s chest in

Wyrmheart Mine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

later, the second mechanism releases a 5-foot-diameter stone sphere that drops into the cave (marked T on the map) and rolls into the wooden claw across the tunnel mouth, which is demolished by the

are hiding on the overlook during a conversation with the dragon, each must succeed on a DC 19 Dexterity (Stealth) check (with advantage if they’re completely out of sight from area 14) to evade notice

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

minute. While poisoned, the creature is delirious and feels the need to frolic. At the start of its turn, the poisoned creature rolls on the Frolic Direction table and moves its full speed in a

is restrained by the slime and sinks 1d4 + 1 feet into the pool. At the start of the creature’s turns, it sinks another 1d4 feet. As long as the creature isn’t completely submerged in the slime, it

The Fissure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

That-Which-Endures. Each pool is 10 feet deep and has sheer sides. To trigger the effects of a pool, a creature must completely submerge itself in its liquid. The pools and the double door radiate

such as rotting flesh, crumbling edifices, and political speeches. This trauma imposes disadvantage on initiative rolls. On a successful save, these visions put the character on edge, granting

Torrents Locations

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

completely submerged. It has no trouble pursuing prey that plunges over the waterfall to the east. Reinforcements. The kuo-toa in area P5 come to the aboleth’s defense if they aren’t already dead. Treasure

snares prey with its tendrils, it pulls its prey under the nearby piercers, which then drop from the ceiling. The piercers have advantage on attack rolls made against creatures grappled by the roper

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