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The Book of Many Things
discovery. She’s as likely to be found climbing trees or poring over arcane texts as she is brandishing her sword in battle. Anyone who engages Asteria in conversation about her interests finds
, but she nevertheless opposes groups like the Grim Harrow (see chapter 19) that seek to destroy the Deck of Many Things.PoisonEmpowering Aegis (Recharge 4–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
collectively as the Deck of Many More Things. (More information on creating new cards for this deck appears in chapter 2.)
Like the Deck of Many Things, the Deck of Many More Things manifests differently on
immediately gain the benefits of finishing a long rest.
Cavern. You gain a climbing speed equal to your walking speed. You also gain the ability to move up, down, across vertical surfaces, and along ceilings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
sewers Yes
Quiver of Ehlonna No
Ring of jumping Yes
Ring of mind shielding Yes
Slippers of spider climbing Yes
Ventilating lungs (detailed in chapter 5) Yes
Winged
Alchemy jug No
Armblade (detailed in chapter 5) Yes
Bag of holding No
Cap of water breathing No
Goggles of night No
Prosthetic limb (detailed in chapter 5) Yes
Rope
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. The “Special Types of Movement” section in chapter 8 gives the particulars for jumping, climbing, and swimming.
can use as much or as little of your speed as you like on your turn, following the rules here. Your movement can include jumping, climbing, and swimming. These different modes of movement can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Chapter 9: Tsolenka Pass Tsolenka Pass is a gravel road that hugs Mount Ghakis, climbing to great heights. The road starts at the Raven River crossroads (chapter 2, area R) and travels seven miles
warm, characters who aren’t dressed for cold weather suffer the effects of extreme cold at night (see “Weather” in chapter 5, “Adventure Environments,” of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). The road curved and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Yes Periapt of wound closure Yes Pipes of the sewers Yes Quiver of Ehlonna No Ring of jumping Yes Ring of mind shielding Yes Slippers of spider climbing Yes Ventilating lungs (detailed in chapter 5
breathing No Goggles of night No Rope of climbing No Sending stones No Wand of magic detection No Wand of secrets No Replicable Items (6th-Level Artificer) Magic Item Attunement Boots of elvenkind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
appropriate for your campaign, and give the characters a chance to prepare before they start climbing mountains. They will be encountering extreme weather conditions and might have difficulty with
the harshness of the climb. Rules for extreme cold, strong wind, and high altitude can be found in Chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is infected with cackle fever (see “Diseases” in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Gnomes are immune. The characters
can try to get around the pool without swimming it, by using magic or climbing along the walls. Climbing the slippery walls of the cavern requires a successful DC 13 Athletics check. On a failed check, a character falls into the water.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
. Eight great chains bind the city to jagged posts of infernal iron, which stick up out of the ground like gargantuan spikes. (See “Climbing Down” at the end of this chapter for a full description of the
Chapter 2: Elturel Has Fallen Once a holy city whose folk venerated Lathander, Torm, Helm, and Tyr, Elturel is now a site of doom and despair tethered some five hundred feet above the River Styx
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Entering Motherhorn The characters can get into Motherhorn in one of several ways: They can use the front door (area M1). They can use climbing gear or magic to scale the walls. Doing so allows them
to enter the amphitheater (area M2) or reach one of the higher balconies (areas M15, M16, M20, and M21). A magical tornado (see “Random Encounters in Yon” earlier in this chapter) might deposit them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Creating a Magic Item
The magic items in chapter 7, "Treasure," section are but a few of the magic treasures that characters can discover during their adventures. If your players are seasoned
could deal lightning damage instead of fire, for example. One capability can replace another, so a potion of climbing can easily become a potion of stealth.
You can also modify an item by fusing it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
extreme heat (as described in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). The chasm is brightly lit by the lava, which fills the bottom of the chasm to a depth of 20 feet. A creature that enters the
and have abundant handholds and footholds. Climbing them requires a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check; on a check that fails by 5 or more, the creature slips and falls into the lava. 40a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
similar one. For example, a Potion of Climbing could become a Potion of Swimming. Altered Form You can alter a magic item’s form while leaving its properties intact. For example, you can turn a Ring of
into a single helmet. This makes the item more powerful (and probably increases its rarity), but it won’t break your game. Special Features and Sentience Chapter 7 has rules for giving magic items interesting histories, minor properties, quirks, and sentience.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
chapter). The sleeping primordial’s nightmares might take the form of creatures from the Fiendish Incursion Encounters table or the Giant Necropolis Encounters table in chapter 3, and they crawl down
, leading characters to seek a way to end the cycle by soothing the slumbering titan’s nightmares, which might require climbing its mountainous form and carving the Giant rune for “friend” into its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Speed A creature has a Speed, which is the distance in feet the creature can cover when it moves on its turn. See also “Climbing,” “Crawling,” “Flying,” “Jumping,” “Swimming” and chapter 1 (“Combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
the “Airship of a Cult” section in chapter 4 for the balloon’s statistics). If it successfully brings down the airship, the roc spends a few rounds picking through the wreckage in search of food before
option of climbing down into the jagged rift at a point of their choosing. The sounds of their descent are muffled by the wind.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
busy scions climbing into skycoaches, hosting opulent parties, and showing off their latest purchases at all hours of the day.
Unicorn Estate has a grand unicorn statue and unicorn-shaped topiaries
abjuration and illusion magic. Any humanoid that takes a long rest in the estate can attune to the property as if they were attuning to a magic item (see “Attunement” in chapter 7 of the Dungeon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
anyone who succeeds on a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check and can be reached by climbing with a successful DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check. These caves serve as the lairs of the harpies that use the pool
as their killing ground. (DANIEL LJUNGGREN) Dubious Oracles Three blood-toll harpies (see chapter 6), sisters named Ahkno, Hakno, and Jhamp, lurk in the caves near the pool. The mangy, dull-witted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
make the journey more interesting by adding one or more wilderness encounters appropriate for hill terrain (see the Random Wilderness Encounters table in chapter 3). If Moog the hill giant is with the
party, see the “Old Tower” section in chapter 3 for tips on how to roleplay her once she arrives at Grudd Haug. If the characters have an airship (see the “Airship of a Cult” section in chapter 4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Its stacked levels resemble steps in a staircase, but a ramp running from top to bottom provides an easy way up.
Climbing the mesa reveals that its steps aren’t concentric circles but the bands of a
(see “Madness” in chapter 2) as his or her mind is overwhelmed by what is heard. A character who exceeds the saving throw DC by 5 or more can ask one question about Gracklstugh that can be answered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
climbing up a shaft that leads from the forge level to the fortress’s summit. The doors at the top of the shaft remain open until the dragon returns or until someone closes them by using the levers in
to Ten-Towns? If they continue their climb to the fortress, continue with the next section; if they pursue the dragon, move on to chapter 4.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Leaving Elturel Inventive characters have a number of different options to reach the surface of Avernus from Elturel, but none of those options is without risk. Climbing Down The jagged posts and
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Nails is chaotic neutral. He has a climbing speed of 20 feet and the Feline Agility trait (see below). He has darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. He knows Common, Dwarvish, and thieves’ cant. As an
stew, he explains that he came to Omu to find a fabled treasure called the Navel of the Moon (see chapter 5). He hoped to use its alleged powers to find his lost son, but he has long since given up hope
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
tiefling), helped them buy climbing gear and camping supplies, and then headed to the Hook, Line, and Sinker (the local tavern) for drinks, with plans to get a good night’s rest at the Northern Light (the
“Random Wilderness Encounters” section in chapter 2 to determine the nature of the encounter and if it occurs during a blizzard. As the characters pass through the Dwarven Valley, they might (if the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the wall facing you is a sturdy-looking door made of the same dark metal as the rest of the tower.
No ordinary structure, the tower is a Daern’s instant fortress (see chapter 7, “Treasure,” of the
feet in diameter. Several tunnels branch off from the rough-walled shaft at various points, allowing the characters to continue their journey after climbing down. They can move around the tower easily if they wish to ignore it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
character can use the iron winch near each pit to lift or lower its lid with a successful DC 12 Strength check. Climbing the slippery, sloped walls of a pit requires a DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check. New
checks made to jump. Fenthaza (see area 5) carries the keys for these bindings. See “Adventuring Gear” in chapter 5 of the Player’s Handbook for rules on breaking, escaping, and unlocking manacles (and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
slime (see “Dungeon Hazards” in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide) to pour out of it. Treasure. There used to be twenty copper tankards secured to the wall carvings, but most of them have vanished
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
. “Fresh faces are always welcome in Camp Greenbriar!”
The sloth is named Razak. He uses black bear stat block, with the following adjustments: Razak is neutral good. He has a climbing speed of 10
in Faunel (see the “The Three Packs” section later in this chapter) and instead works as a messenger between them. Gate to the Beastlands Nearly a mile from Camp Greenbriar stands the gate to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
) check. No ability check is required if the characters use a rope or climbing gear. A goblin clan driven from the Ardeep Forest by wood elves took refuge in the Dripping Caves a little over a month ago
Smaller Space” section in chapter 9 of the Player’s Handbook).
Walls. The walls are damp and slick, but thanks to an abundance of handholds and footholds, they can be climbed with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check.
Map 1.2: Dripping Caves View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
.
Climbing the walls requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. A crawlway is set into the northwest corner, at the same height as the balconies and floating platforms. Another crawlway
characters can move 10 feet before jumping (see “Movement” in chapter 8 of the Player’s Handbook). The platforms bob slightly when anything lands on them, as though they were floating on water. Any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
). Planted in the “heart” of this wooden effigy is a magic gem stolen from the Wizard of Wines vineyard (chapter 12). The statue has AC 10, 50 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. If the
out of the statue’s chest. Climbing up the statue is a simple matter, requiring no ability check, and a character within reach of the chest cavity can use an action to dig into it. Have that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
(Athletics) check covers difficult situations you encounter while climbing, jumping, or swimming. Examples include the following activities: You attempt to climb a sheer or slippery cliff, avoid
a character is hindered by the weight of equipment. When you use this variant, ignore the Strength column of the Armor table in chapter 5. If you carry weight in excess of 5 times your Strength score
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, inedible fungi are the following edible and exotic fungi, most of which are described in chapter 2: 1d6 barrelstalks 3d6 bluecaps 1d6 Nilhogg’s noses 2d6 sheets of ripplebark 1d6 timmasks 1d6 torchstalks
assassin’s blood poison from the fungi pit (see “Poisons” in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Sprinkler Tank The copper tank is a sprinkler used by the duergar to fertilize the fungi in the pit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
many years, Asteria maintains a joyous wanderlust and passion for discovery. She’s as likely to be found climbing trees or poring over arcane texts as she is brandishing her sword in battle. Anyone who
she. She has no way to prove this hypothesis, but she nevertheless opposes groups like the Grim Harrow (see chapter 19) that seek to destroy the Deck of Many Things. Adventure Hooks Asteria knows more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Torrents Features The complex has the following features. Any exceptions are noted in areas to which they apply. Ceilings. Cavern ceilings are 10 feet above the water. Climbing. The walls are rough
. After receiving these images, the character must succeed on a DC 10 Wisdom saving throw or suffer a random form of short-term madness, as described in chapter 8, “Running the Game,” of the Dungeon