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Clockwork Stone Defender

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

attack roll, the clockwork gives that creature a +5 bonus to its AC against that attack, potentially causing a miss. To use this ability, the clockwork must be able to see the creature and the

number of Hit Dice. 8 Suction. The clockwork gains a climbing speed of 30 feet. 9 Vocal Resonator. The clockwork gains the ability to speak rudimentary Common or Gnomish. 10 Water

20. Huge Pit Filled with Spikes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7

the pit can be crossed by climbing down and walking across the bottom, then climbing up the other side. Simple! Wrong—any footstep upon the last 5 feet (east portion) of the pit presses a pressure

plate, causing a volley of spikes to discharge upward. If the plate is triggered, each person in the pit or leaning over its edge is likely to be struck by the spikes, which have a +11 bonus to hit and

The Winged God

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

are causing trouble in the Cairn Hills. They’re raiding merchants, hoping the dragon will allow them to return home as its loyal servants. Hook. A merchant named Nondy Barducks (a Lawful Neutral, gnome

rests on its little hoard: Crate holding Nondy’s stolen goods (worth 400 GP) 4,200 CP, 2,000 SP, and 180 GP Seven gemstones worth 50 GP each Potion of Healing Rope of Climbing Two Spell Scrolls (Alarm

22. Garrux's Brewery

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

weighing 50 pounds or more steps on a pit’s cover, it swings open like a trapdoor, causing the creature to spill into the pit below and take 2d6 bludgeoning damage from the fall. The lid is spring-loaded

constructed the pit covers so that they won’t open if an object is rolled over them. A character can circumvent the traps by climbing into an empty barrel and rolling down the hall or climbing onto a barrel

Path of the Beast

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

number rolled, potentially causing the attack to miss you. Bestial Soul 6th-level Path of the Beast feature The feral power within you increases, causing the natural weapons of your Form of the Beast to

gain a climbing speed equal to your walking speed, and you can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. When you jump, you can make a

Masquerade Preparations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

, this magic has somehow activated early, causing a student the characters know to levitate unexpectedly, stranding them 50 feet in the air, out of reach of any solid objects. The student can’t move from

their position while out of reach, but if they come in contact with an anchored object, they can move along it as if climbing. The student levitates for 5 minutes before the magic ends and they fall

Climbing the Spire

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

Climbing the Spire R04M’s path climbs the Spire’s interior. If the characters follow, they pass through gradually sloping tunnels that take hours or even days to traverse. Use any of the following

and psychic damage. If any segment of the bridge is destroyed, the entire structure crumbles, causing creatures on it to fall. This part of the Spire has no ceiling or floor. Any creature that falls

Example Traps

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

, causing the creature to fall into the pit. The lid remains open thereafter. A creature that falls into the pit takes 3 (1d6) Bludgeoning damage from the fall. Detect and Disarm. As a Study action, a

or similar magic. Escape. A creature needs a Climb Speed, climbing gear, or magic such as Spider Climb to scale the pit’s smooth walls. (You can make the pit easier to escape by adding cracks in the

Example Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Duration: Instantaneous This 10-foot-deep pit has a hinged lid constructed from material identical to the surrounding floor. When a creature moves onto the lid, it swings open like a trapdoor, causing

magic. Escape. A creature needs a Climb Speed, climbing gear, or magic such as Spider Climb to scale the pit’s smooth walls. (You can make the pit easier to escape by adding cracks in the walls big

Zones and Denizens

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

only yakfolk that has a chance of spotting adventurers who invade the village by climbing or flying over the walls is the one watching over the workers in area 7 during the day. Characters who enter the

foundry, where ogres on the gantries (area 18) use long, hooked poles to tip the buckets, causing the ore to fall into the smelters below (area 34). Enormous bellows raise the temperature inside the

Clockworks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

. Reactions Intercept Attack. In response to another creature within 5 feet of it being hit by an attack roll, the clockwork gives that creature a +5 bonus to its AC against that attack, potentially causing a

function at the start of its next turn. 7 Sturdy Frame. The clockwork’s hit point maximum increases by an amount equal to its number of Hit Dice. 8 Suction. The clockwork gains a climbing speed of 30

Beholder Lairs

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

be empty, be filled with mud (causing anything trapped in it to eventually drown), or have spikes at the bottom. Door Trap. In a seldom-used cavern with a high ceiling, a beholder might erect a wall

places climbing or jumping down is required to make progress. These areas are often seeded with perils both stationary and mobile. The beholder and its minions can bypass the area by means of secret

Ground Floor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

support anyone climbing to the second floor. A character who makes a successful DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Survival) check finds two sets of recently made humanoid tracks. One set of

spell is triggered, causing the following message to be spoken in a loud and malevolent voice: “Welcome, fools — welcome to your deaths!” Booming, fiendish laughter follows the spoken message. Each

Ironslag: Yakfolk Village

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

can be made to climb the stairs without an ability check. Mules, being surefooted, can climb the steps with ease and don’t need to be coaxed. Chimera Lair After climbing 350 feet, the staircase is

mostly, with a few orc and dwarf bones). The staircase resumes on the opposite side of the ledge, climbing another 150 feet to area 2. In the back of its lair, the chimera has a nest of bones, bits of

Shipwreck Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

. Unless… did the skeleton just move? Small, harmless crabs are crawling over the skeletal remains, causing the illusion of movement. C6: Crew Quarters Six double bunks line the edges of this cabin

gaping hole in the stern of the ship. Tiny fish dart among hunks of debris and cargo. See “Climbing, Swimming, and Crawling” and “Suffocating” in “The Environment” in the Basic Rules as the characters

Adventure Models

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

and a dragon are oblivious to the destruction they’re causing Delve into the Past The best reason for delving into the past is to discover a path to a better future. —Diancastra In the world of

tend herds of mastodons and where reptiles from Earth’s ancient past still roam the sea and sky. The English fairy tale of Jack climbing a beanstalk to a giant’s cloud castle is a similar example of an

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

, except for its female form and open-faced helm. It was felled during the Spellplague after causing much chaos and slaughter. The residents of Waterdeep’s North Ward funneled much of their frustrated

Tresendar Manor Dungeon

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

) bludgeoning damage from the fall. Climbing the rough walls requires a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. Development. If the characters defeat the scarecrows and search the constructs, large

open with a successful DC 10 Strength check. However, if the check succeeds by 5 or more, the door breaks, causing the character attempting the check to spill into the room and fall prone. When the

Halls of the Upper Priesthood

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

the bowls spread their leaves like wings and take flight in all directions like insects. There are fifty flying fruits in all. A character more than 20 feet off the ground—such as one climbing a palm

successful DC 15 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check. The character can hurl the fruit up to 60 feet as an action, causing it to burst on impact. The fruit can be stowed for later use, but doing so is dangerous

Scab Locations

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

walls. The demons wait for prey to enter the room before attacking. They hungrily pursue more elusive prey. The barlguras tore the floating chunk of scab from the center of the ceiling, causing blood

into four hostile swarms of insects. Replace the swarms’ climbing speed with a flying speed of 30 feet. Map 4.1: Side View of the Scab View Player Version S8. Hag’s Lair The tunnel leading to this

Areas of Kolat Towers

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

Chamber This room is connected to the levels above and below by invisible staircases (see “Kolat Towers Features”), one descending 20 feet to area K11 and the other climbing 20 feet to area K16. This

plate to attack someone out of its reach, the weight on the plate is lifted, causing poison gas to erupt from the holes in the walls. When the trap triggers, each creature in the hall must make a DC

Locations on the Second Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

without some climbing). Inside these rooms are rings set in the walls, chains attached to the rings, buckets, heaps of straw, and precious little else. The occupants and other contents of the cells and the

illusions, the whole place is illuminated by a strange, swirling light that seems to be part of the very air. Eddies of luminosity drift here and there, causing the whole scene to be difficult to perceive

Outer City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

portion of the cemetery’s cliff into the river below, causing the remaining bone-houses and markers to shift and lean, while also exposing numerous crypts and tomb-tunnels to the air, prompting a fresh

all mapped caverns are accessible only from the river, and even just climbing into a tunnel mouth or steering a boat inside can be deadly as the current attempts to smash vessels against the cliffs

Outer City Gazetteer

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

, causing the remaining bone-houses and markers to shift and lean, while also exposing numerous crypts and tomb-tunnels to the air, prompting a fresh rush of grave robbing. Though Baldurians rarely bury their

Baldur’s Gate, to date all mapped caverns are accessible only from the river, and even just climbing into a tunnel mouth or steering a boat inside can be deadly as the current attempts to smash vessels

Lower Palace Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

keyhole magically appears on the door’s surface. Turning the key clockwise in the keyhole unlocks both carriage doors and animates the glass pegasi, causing them to stamp their hooves impatiently

beanstalk without needing magic or climbing gear, but doing so requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. On a check that fails by 5 or more, the creature falls. The beanstalk has AC 15

Bathhouse Locations

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

two grim figures: a powerfully built woman clutching a mace, and an even bigger man wearing a bucket helm. The helmed man is jabbing the prisoner with a spear, causing him to twitch. Both figures are

. Describe the scene to the players as follows: Beyond the hall, a flooded chamber opens up with rough-hewn steps climbing to the south, north, and northeast. The floor buckles up above the water line

Eternal Garden Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

throw, taking 31 (7d8) piercing damage from its thorns on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. Roses. The lovely scent of the roses fills the arbor inside the hedge walls, causing a

supported by wooden beams and a lintel, which are covered in the pink blossoms of climbing dog-rose plants and hanging wisteria. A well-trodden grass path between verdant shrubs and wildflowers leads to

Locations on the Fortress Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

is unable to move. If the check fails by 5 or more, a slab of masonry below the character shifts, dumping the character into a debris-lined cavity. Climbing back out requires a successful DC 10

presence in the same way as the ordinary ones described in area 16. If the characters head for area 21 without causing hostilities, these guards follow the characters into Yusdrayl’s presence. Development

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