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Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
archaic makes two Force Strike attacks. It can also use Gravity Shift, if available.
Force Strike. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +14;{"diceNotation":"1d20+14", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Force
creature encounters a solid object (such as a ceiling) in this fall, it strikes the object just as it would during a downward fall. If the creature reaches the top of the area without striking anything
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. Juiblex makes three Acid Lash attacks.
Acid Lash. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +14;{"diceNotation":"1d20+14","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Acid Lash"} to hit, reach 10 ft. or range 60/120 ft
of the following lair actions; it can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Green Slime. A green slime (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide) appears on a spot on the ceiling that
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
":"poison"} poison damage.
Wrathful Strike. Ranged Spell Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Wrathful Strike"} to hit, range 120 ft., one creature. Hit: 22 (3d10 + 6
a surface such as a ceiling with no way to remain there (for example, sufficient handholds), it falls at the end of this movement.
Regional Effects
The region containing a medusa’s lair is
Adult White Dragon
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ceiling, striking up to three creatures underneath that the dragon can see within 120 feet of it. The dragon makes one ranged attack roll (+7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction
the ceiling to latch on like bats or slithering down icy crevasses.
A legendary white dragon’s innate magic deepens the cold in the area around its lair. Mountain caverns are fast frozen by the
Ancient White Dragon
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ceiling, striking up to three creatures underneath that the dragon can see within 120 feet of it. The dragon makes one ranged attack roll (+7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction
the ceiling to latch on like bats or slithering down icy crevasses.
A legendary white dragon’s innate magic deepens the cold in the area around its lair. Mountain caverns are fast frozen by the
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
);{"diceNotation":"1d4-3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Club","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Dart. Ranged weapon attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Dart
Underdark passages, hiding the entrances to keep intruders out and set up their ambushes. The jermlaine create passages in the floor, along the walls, and in the upper part of the ceiling. When they attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
topped with battlements, ballistae, and flame cannons (see the “Skull Island Weaponry” sidebar). A natural column of rock rises from the heart of the fortress and merges with the cavern ceiling. (See
impact.
Ballista. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 120/480 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d10) piercing damage.
Flame Cannon. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 60/240 ft., one target. Hit: 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Portcullises Typically made of iron or wood, a portcullis blocks a passage or an archway until it is raised into the ceiling by a winch and chain. Creatures within 5 feet of a lowered portcullis can
make ranged attacks or cast spells through it, and they have Three-Quarters Cover against attacks, spells, and other effects originating from the opposite side. A portcullis can also be attacked and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Obstacle 1 Antilife aura with a radius of 1d10 × 10 ft.; while in the aura, living creatures can’t regain hit points 2 Battering winds reduce speed by half, impose disadvantage on ranged attack rolls 3
progress and must be hacked down (25 percent chance of a mold or fungus dungeon hazard hidden among them) 17 Poisonous gas (deals 1d6 poison damage per minute of exposure) 18 Reverse gravity effect causes creatures to fall toward the ceiling 19 Wall of fire blocks passage 20 Wall of force blocks passage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
connect to the wider stream, but they are narrow enough to step over. Timber pillars caked in mud support the 30-foot-high ceiling, which has three circular holes cut into it (leading up to areas 2 and
pigs get slaughtered. Doomed pigs are picked up and taken to area 14 to die. The ettin and the bugbears prefer melee combat to ranged combat. If the bugbears are subjected to ranged attacks, they use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
X5. Temple of Lost Secrets Four black marble columns support the vaulted ceiling of the temple, at the north end of which stands a forty-foot-tall statue of a cowled figure in flowing robes. The
with its longer-ranged spells. Thanks to its truesight, the arcanaloth can see the invisible and can see through magical darkness. Characters can’t see Neferon unless they can penetrate the magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
treasure chest dangles from rusty chains embedded in the ceiling.
The chest is 6 feet long, 3 feet wide, 3 feet high, and suspended 1 foot above the surface of the 5-foot-deep pool. A keyhole shaped
Medium object with AC 13, 30 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Any character who attempts to pick the lock or hit the chest with a melee or ranged attack while it’s underwater
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
more than once. If more than 20 pounds of pressure is exerted on the wrong picture tile, four poison darts shoot from holes in the walls. Each dart makes a ranged weapon attack (+5 to hit) against a
ceiling. The walls are too smooth to climb otherwise. Almiraj Tiles. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of abjuration magic around each almiraj tile. A creature that steps on an almiraj tile gains 2d10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: This half of the broken ship is wide open. Lines with large hooks hang from the top of the inside, stretched from floor to ceiling and secured at either end
trap.
Effect. The trap makes two attacks, one against the triggering creature, and one against another creature within ten feet of the triggering creature.
Ballistae Trap. Ranged Weapon Attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
cracked ceiling is 8 feet high. In an alcove on the far side of the room, a pile of treasure twinkles in the torchlight. Kobolds gather around it.
Kakarol, a kobold scale sorcerer, rests on the pile
fight off intruders, Kakarol and his inventors make ranged attacks from the rear. If things look dire, Kakarol throws himself at the characters’ mercy. Treasure Kakarol wears a torn, 6-foot-long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
like someone trapped in a wall. 4 Organizes a pack’s contents across the floor. 5 Playfully puppets a corpse or doll. 6 Removes bedding while someone sleeps. 7 Sticks knives or weapons in the ceiling
damage if it ends its turn inside an object.
Actions
Multiattack. The poltergeist makes one Object Slam attack and uses Telekinetic Thrust.
Object Slam. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
) The following locations are keyed to map 5.2. Stacey Allan & William Doyle Map 5.2: Maze of Mists View Player Version P13: Welcome Room This octagonal room has a domed ceiling and smells faintly of
magnetic trap within the chamber’s ceiling. Each creature in the room wearing metal armor is pulled up to the 30-foot-high ceiling, as are any metal objects or weapons that aren’t being worn or carried
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
supports keeping an unstable section of a ceiling in place. The trip wire is 3 inches off the ground and stretches between two support beams. The DC to spot the trip wire is 10. A successful DC 15
, the trap triggers. Anyone who inspects the beams can easily determine that they are merely wedged in place. As an action, a character can knock over a beam, causing the trap to trigger. The ceiling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
the upper part of the ceiling. When they attack, they spill upon their enemies from every direction in a bid to overwhelm them with sheer numbers. Allied Rodents. The jermlaine can decipher the
) bludgeoning damage.
Dart. Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1) piercing damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
use to make ranged attacks. Perched on the battlements are six aarakocra simulacra (see the “Aarakocra Simulacra” section earlier in this chapter), half of them facing outward and half facing inward
is painted with a lavish mural of a cloud giant city made up of dozens of joined cloud castles. The domed ceiling is made up of overlapping shells of thin, black metal with glowing shards of crystal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Strength check. The room east of the door is empty except for an iron ladder that climbs 60 feet to a stone trapdoor embedded in the ceiling. The trapdoor is unlocked, and above it a narrow, spiraling
attack option with the following attack options:
Acid Vial. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 20 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (2d6) acid damage.
Alchemist’s Fire. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
5. Trapped Corridor A moss-covered corridor extends beyond the second door. Tree roots hang from the sagging ceiling, and the air reeks of rot and damp. Ahead, a bas-relief carving of a bearded
or more. When a plate is triggered, four poisoned darts shoot out from spring-loaded tubes in the walls. Each dart makes a ranged attack (+8 to hit) against a random target within 10 feet of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
brilliantly lit indoor garden. The room’s domed ceiling glows with warm light, giving life to the lush plants along the stream. Nestled among the ferns, flowers, and palm trees in the garden are two
enormous bronze bowls filled with leafy pomegranates, pears, figs, and dates.
Sunlight beams down from this room’s ceiling. Secret Doors. The foliage hides secret doors: one in the southwest alcove
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
deck of the Emperor is filled with sheets of webbing. Areas filled with webbing are lightly obscured. Ranged attacks made against creatures in areas filled with webbing are made with disadvantage. In
area. 5. Spider Nest The north–south section of this hallway is filled with sheets of webbing (see the sidebar). An ettercap lurks in here, latching onto the ceiling over the door to area 6. Two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
-high, arched ceiling and contains three 1-foot-thick, magic curtains of translucent, shimmering green seawater. Each watery curtain stretches from floor to ceiling and wall to wall. Sound passing
to its distance traveled. If this added distance changes a ranged weapon attack from normal to long range, the attack roll is made with disadvantage. An object that enters the curtain and can travel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
stairs leading down to the floor of area 28. The steps are iron grills with holes large enough for a human fist to pass through. The steps provide three-quarters cover against any ranged attack that
must pass through them to hit its target. The northern and eastern gantries are unlit. The ceiling is 40 feet above the gantries, the floor 50 feet below. The rattling of the bucket chain fills the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
hurls a bottle at a specific target in range must make a ranged attack against that target. On a hit, the target takes 7 (2d6) lightning damage. Desk. The toad-shaped paperweight on the desk is an actual
. The room’s 10-foot-high ceiling is made of loose wooden boards laid across rafters. Above these boards, hidden in the top of the turret, is a belfry. The characters can reach the boards by stacking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
on the ceiling roughly halfway between the two passage mouths. They drop on characters (or smugglers) who pass below, landing with a distinctively soggy slap. 26. Natural Cavern This roughly circular
hobgoblin and the bandit try to prevent the characters from entering the room, while the scout hangs back to fire its ranged weapon. Treasure. The five bolts of silk are worth 50 gp each, and the eight casks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
feet of the ceiling. The following boxed text assumes that the characters can see underwater: Through the water looms a colonnade supporting an arched pediment above a long portico. Behind the
of Fish Command. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage, or 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage if used with two hands to make a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
the party enters this section of the mine, the jelly begins stalking the group, instinctively waiting for an opportunity to attack a lone target. Low Ceiling. Because of the low ceiling in this area
cling to the ceiling. The monsters find scant living prey in the mines and are ravenous. Since the characters are probably looking at the skeletons on the floor, the stirges are likely to get the drop
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
some other means.
Gantries. The upper level of Ironslag features iron walkways that are bolted to the walls and stabilized with taut chains bolted to the ceiling. Iron cranes, pulleys, and swingarms
are attached to some of the gantries. The gantry floors are iron grills with holes large enough for a human fist to pass through. A gantry grants three-quarters cover against any ranged attack that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
can also use Gravity Shift, if available.
Force Strike. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +14 to hit, reach 15 ft. or range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (2d10 + 8) force damage, and the target is pulled
itself. The creature must succeed on a DC 22 Wisdom saving throw or fall 100 feet upward. If the falling creature encounters a solid object (such as a ceiling) in this fall, it strikes the object just as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
all the way to the ceiling of the space that contains it. A teleport trap is invisible to the senses, and a permanent Nystul’s magic aura spell prevents divination spells such as detect magic from
misses with a ranged attack roll: “Missed that one by a mile!”
When a character takes damage: “Ouch, that’ll leave a mark!”
When the characters kill a monster: “Score one for the underdogs!”
When the party cleric drops to 0 hit points: “The cleric is down! Stick a fork in it — this party’s done!”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
.
Four pillars support the ceiling, which is 15 feet above the ledges and 25 feet above the sunken floor. The wooden statues are harmless (their spears are merely decorative) and weigh 150 pounds
the curse is lifted, the victim is forced to attack the nearest creature it can see with melee attacks. It can’t make ranged attacks or cast spells, and if it can’t see any creatures to attack, it does
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
hulk Drider This creature clings to the ceiling and prefers to make ranged attacks against the party. There is a 25 percent chance that the drider can cast spells (use the spellcasting variant in