break blocking diffusing contested remains

Rod of Lordly Might

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

ram and grants its user a +10 bonus to Strength (Athletics) checks made to break through doors, barricades, and other barriers. Button 6. The rod assumes or remains in its normal form and indicates

Broom of Animated Attack

Monsters Curse of Strahd

spell save DC or fall unconscious for 1 minute. False Appearance. While the broom remains motionless and isn't flying, it is indistinguishable from a normal broom.Multiattack. The broom makes two melee

contested by the creature's Strength check. If the broom wins the contest, it flies out of the creature's grasp and makes a melee attack against it with advantage on the attack roll.Animated objects

Cairnwight

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

exclusion of all other tasks, retreating into a spacious cavern and blocking out all distractions. Creating a masterwork can become such a driving obsession that death can’t stop it: a giant who dies

while creating art might rise as a cairnwight and continue the work. Once the artwork is completed, the cairnwight remains as its undying guardian. A cairnwight looks much like an emaciated stone

Jarund Elkhardt

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Jarund without an heir. He has failed to produce another child with his wife, Wynneth, and his mistress, Froya, so the future of his royal line remains uncertain. Auril's unyielding winter concerns

strengthen the bond between them. Mjenir believes that the only way to break Auril's spell is to slay the goddess in her home, but Jarund believes that his warriors aren't strong enough to accomplish that task alone.

Nightmare Haunt

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

unconscious creature remains asleep until it is no longer in the area with tendrils, takes any damage, or is targeted by a remove curse spell or similar magic.Nightmare haunts are terrors from the

curse. Even with the Phyrexians defeated, the curse remains and spreads unchecked through Eldraine due to interference from the planeswalker Ashiok and Eriette, one of the witches who helped create the

Tetherhook

Equipment

’s reach. Make a Strength (Athletics) check contested by the target’s Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check (the target chooses the ability to use). If you succeed, the

hooked creature can use its action to escape. To do so, it must succeed on a Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check contested by your Strength (Athletics) check. As part of the bonus

Mouth of Grolantor

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

twitchy. Mouths are kept perpetually imprisoned or shackled; if they break free, they’re sure to kill anyone nearby before they’re brought down or escape on a killing spree. The only time

their fill of enemies, they pass out amid the gory remains of their victims, making them easy to recapture.

Rod of Lordly Might Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

battering ram and grants its user a +10 bonus to Strength checks made to break through doors, barricades, and other barriers. If you press button 6, the rod assumes or remains in its normal form and

Temple of the Gods

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

You cause a temple to shimmer into existence on ground you can see within range. The temple must fit within an unoccupied cube of space, up to 120 feet on each side. The temple remains until the

). 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

Kobold Inventor

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

breaks open on impact. A swarm of rot grubs emerges from the shattered pot and remains a hazard in that square. Scorpion on a Stick. The kobold makes a melee attack with a scorpion (see the Monster

swarm disperses. A kobold inventor builds improvised weapons to gain an advantage in combat. These weapons last for only one or two attacks before they break and typically work only for the inventor, but

Aspect of Tiamat

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

for power and wealth often swear fealty to Tiamat in pursuit of those goals. Many of her followers have attempted to break her out of Avernus—and failed—but even while she remains in the

Transmute Rock

spells Elemental Evil Player's Companion

sort in the area becomes an equal volume of thick, flowing mud that remains for the spell’s duration. The ground in the spell’s area becomes muddy enough that creatures can sink into it

unoccupied space. On a failed save, a creature becomes restrained by the rock. A restrained creature, or another creature within reach, can use an action to try to break the rock by succeeding on a DC 20

Miirym

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

unable to break the enchantment that bound her. Time passed and so did Miirym, whose corpse has long since crumbled into dust. Unfortunately for Miirym, the enchantment remains in effect on her spirit

Loup Garou

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

broken, and the target returns to its normal form and gains 3 levels of exhaustion. On a failure, the curse remains, and the target automatically fails any saving throw made to break this curse for 1

Juiblex

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

as it remains in the slimy area or until it breaks free. The restrained creature, or another creature that can reach it, can use its action to try to break free and must succeed on a DC 21 Strength

Morkoth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

island. A morkoth may allow a visitor to bargain for something or someone it has claimed if that visitor offers the morkoth something it desires more. It shows no mercy, however, to those who break a

saving throw. On a failure, the creature has misplaced one possession (chosen by the player, if the creature is that player’s character). The possession remains nearby but concealed for a short

Hierophant Medusa

Monsters The Book of Many Things

martyrs’ remains until the martyrs are called back to life to oppose a world-changing foe. 2 Gather the lost shards of a dead god’s petrified body, and reunite them on the altar in the

entrance to a slumbering titan’s tomb for any sign the titan might awaken, and repel the forces that seek to break the tomb’s seal. A Medusa’s Lair A medusa’s lair is

Juiblex Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

remains in the slimy area or until it breaks free. The restrained creature, or another creature who can reach it, can use its action to try to break free and must succeed on a DC 21 Strength check

M12. Parts Storage

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

see a wooden marionette carved and painted to look like a human skeleton. It appears to be tangled in its own strings. “I seem to have gotten myself in a wee fix.” The wooden marionette is Break-a

S8. Visitors' Sanctuary

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

S8. Visitors’ Sanctuary Guests of the shrine were housed here. Later, the wererats used this area as a lair. The room contains six beds with moldy mattresses, the shattered remains of a wooden table

and six chairs, and a soot-stained fireplace containing a rusty cauldron hanging from a spit. A narrow break in the north wall provides an alternative exit.

Amble

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

Amble If Amble has joined the characters, the tortle remains a steadfast ally in the ﬁght to come. Amble will focus any attacks on the drowned, leaving Gar to the characters. If things get tough

, Amble can also act as a backup healer for the party. Note that dealing damage to Gar does not break Amble’s rule, as the tortle believes that Gar is some kind of aberrant being. Because of this, Amble will not intercede when the characters attack Gar.

11. Slave Pen

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

a Dexterity (Stealth) check contested by the guards’ passive Wisdom (Perception) score to carry it off without notice. Each of the guards on duty in the other areas of the outpost has a key to the

suppress or negate spell effects that originate outside the slave pen. For example, a creature under the effect of an invisibility spell remains invisible when it enters the slave pen. Creatures inside the slave pen can’t be targeted by any divination magic or perceived through magical scrying sensors.

5. Catching a Chill

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->One-Shot Wonders: Holiday Adventure Pack

spell circles to break the curse. On entering a new room, roll 1d4 and have the party find: 1. 2d6 angry castle staff (Spectres); 2. skeletal remains of the previous residents; 3. 1d4 vengeful castle

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

responsible for blocking tunnels to deter pursuit. Kobolds feel a cool affinity or something like kinship for other members of their tribe, but they are rarely affectionate with each other. Two kobolds

moves its tribe to another area, ceding the contested territory to its more successful neighbors. As demonstrated by their hatred of gnomes, kobolds have a persecution complex and easily take offense

General Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

. It takes a successful DC 15 Strength check to break down a door that is barricaded shut. Floors. Cracked and uneven flagstones conceal a dirt floor underneath. Light. A small amount of natural light

) check contested by the monsters’ Wisdom (Insight) checks, and give the characters advantage on their checks if the deception is particularly well planned or roleplayed. If at least one character wins

Temple of the Gods

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

on ground you can see within range. The temple must fit within an unoccupied cube of space, up to 120 feet on each side. The temple remains until the spell ends. It is dedicated to whatever god

, 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

Cairnwight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

tasks, retreating into a spacious cavern and blocking out all distractions. Creating a masterwork can become such a driving obsession that death can’t stop it: a giant who dies while creating art might

rise as a cairnwight and continue the work. Once the artwork is completed, the cairnwight remains as its undying guardian. A cairnwight looks much like an emaciated stone giant. Its form is caked with

Regional Effects

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

8. Nightstone Inn

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

). 8a. Dining Room This room is strewn with wreckage. A giants’ rock punched through the roof and landed here, destroying a dining table and a pair of long benches. The remains of a bed and a wardrobe

revealing her location. Any character who peers up through the hole in the ceiling can spot Kella lurking in the shadows with a successful Wisdom (Perception) check contested by Kella’s Dexterity

Meeting at the Tomb

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

break in. The crypt holds the remains of a minor lord and lady, buried here centuries ago. The orb sits in a wooden containment cask in plain sight on the floor. See chapter 7 for more information on devastation orbs.

are already on the scene. The overgrown cemetery sprawls beneath the eastern wall of the city. Gnarled trees and crumbling mausoleums break line of sight all around. Three humans are gathered around

Talking to Mordenkainen

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

to address the fiends gathered below. Fights frequently break out between the yugoloths as they jostle for his attention. Zariel’s assassins often lurk here, so Mordenkainen presents a simulacrum of

his true self that disintegrates into a pile of snow if it is destroyed. The real archmage remains deep inside his tower and swiftly shunts the building to another plane in times of danger. If the

Cellar Complex: Spring

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

with a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check. Since the shop is in a highly visible location, an attempt to break into it is 75 percent likely to be noticed by someone who alerts the City Watch

. Two veterans of the City Watch arrive in 1d10 minutes to investigate the shop and talk to witnesses. Xanathar’s gazer (see appendix B) doesn’t follow characters into the shop. It remains outside and

13. Umberlee's Chosen

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

since he last encountered adventurers. Though he remains sullen and morose, he simultaneously projects an air of strength and conﬁdence. With the exception of anyone under the eﬀect of a nondetection

, 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

60. Cog of Blood

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

two exits, including an adamantine portcullis blocking a passage to the north. Set into a metal plate above the portcullis is a row of five red crystals shaped like drops of blood. The adamantine

all of a wardrobe’s monsters die, the wardrobe disappears and one of the red crystals above the portcullis lights up. When all five crystals are lit, the portcullis rises and remains up for 24 hours

Finding the Children

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu

, they pinpoint the children’s location. Invido’s fire giants attack Ignis and the characters first, pursuing the children only if there are no defenders present. The giants can break the house down to

. When only one of Invido’s fire giants remains, he abandons the battle and tries to flee, warning Ignis and the characters that Invido will not rest until he finds the children, for he is determined to raise them as his own.

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