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Dungeon Master’s Guide
can’t be used to create open passages. Any creature inside an open Portable Hole can exit the hole by climbing out of it.
You can take a Magic action to close a Portable Hole by taking hold of
next to nothing.
If the hole is folded up, a creature within the hole’s extradimensional space can take an action to make a DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. On a successful check, the creature
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, such as a giant lizard or spider. The chimera gains a climbing speed equal to its walking speed and it can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability
check.
Head Attacks
d4
Attack
1
Bull Horns. If the chimera moves at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a head attack on the same turn, the target
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
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
Disintegrate spell destroys the chains instantly, freeing you. Another creature can also free you by succeeding on a DC 30 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools.
Ring. A rare or rarer magic ring appears
Portable Hole
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used to create open passages. Any creature inside an open portable hole can exit the hole by climbing out of it.
You can use an action to close a portable hole by taking hold of the edges of the cloth
hole is folded up, a creature within the hole’s extradimensional space can use an action to make a DC 10 Strength check. On a successful check, the creature forces its way out and appears within 5
Climbing Swimming Crawling
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or a swimming speed and use it to swim. At the DM's option, climbing a slippery vertical surface or one with few handholds requires a successful Strength (Athletics) check. Similarly, gaining any distance in rough water might require a successful Strength (Athletics) check.
Each foot of movement costs 1 extra foot (2 extra feet in difficult terrain) when you're climbing, swimming, or crawling. You ignore this extra cost if you have a climbing speed and use it to climb
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While climbing or swimming, each foot of movement costs 1 extra foot (2 extra feet in difficult terrain), unless a creature has a climbing or swimming speed. At the DM’s option, climbing a
slippery vertical surface or one with few handholds requires a successful Strength (Athletics) check. Similarly, gaining any distance in rough water might require a successful Strength (Athletics) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
option, climbing a slippery surface or one with few handholds might require a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check.
Climbing While you’re climbing, each foot of movement costs 1 extra foot (2 extra feet in Difficult Terrain). You ignore this extra cost if you have a Climb Speed and use it to climb. At the DM’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
option, climbing a slippery surface or one with few handholds might require a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check.
Climbing While you’re climbing, each foot of movement costs 1 extra foot (2 extra feet in Difficult Terrain). You ignore this extra cost if you have a Climb Speed and use it to climb. At the DM’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, then winds down into the frozen earth. A character moving through the tunnel without the aid of climbing gear or magic must succeed on a DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check or slide uncontrollably to the
examines the protrusion can make a DC 15 Intelligence (History) check to discern its nature. (The dwarves’ Stonecunning trait can prove useful here.) On a successful check, the character can confirm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
) check using thieves’ tools. Walls. The exterior walls of the tower and its hostel are slick stone. Climbing these walls is difficult without climbing gear or magic, requiring a successful DC 25
planks and bound with iron. As an action, a character can force open a locked door with a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check or pick the lock with a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
to go. Climbing, Swimming, and Crawling Each foot of movement costs 1 extra foot (2 extra feet in difficult terrain) when you’re climbing, swimming, or crawling. You ignore this extra cost if you
have a climbing speed and use it to climb or a swimming speed and use it to swim. At the DM’s option, climbing a slippery vertical surface or one with few handholds requires a successful Strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
to go. Climbing, Swimming, and Crawling Each foot of movement costs 1 extra foot (2 extra feet in difficult terrain) when you’re climbing, swimming, or crawling. You ignore this extra cost if you
have a climbing speed and use it to climb, or a swimming speed and use it to swim. At the DM’s option, climbing a slippery vertical surface or one with few handholds requires a successful Strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
through the door of the guard tower (area 21), or by climbing the walls and forcing open one of the second-story windows. Climbing the hermitage walls requires a successful DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check, and opening a window requires a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
balance. A creature that fails this check by 4 or less slips and falls prone on the roof. A creature that fails this check by 5 or more falls off the train and takes 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage. Climbing
the Sides. A creature climbing along the sides of the cars must succeed on a DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check to hang on. A creature that fails this check almost loses its grip and makes no progress
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
deal 11 (2d10) piercing damage. New spikes will come up out of the floor every time if the plate is pressed more than once. A character who succeeds on a DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check discovers the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Climbing the Shrine Characters can climb the outside of the shrine without equipment with a successful DC 17 Strength (Athletics) check. Characters who fail the check by 5 or more slip on the slick
(4d10) psychic damage on a hit. After attacking once, the dragon disappears.
Walls. Climbing the walls of the shrine without equipment requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
ship was constructed using disintegration rays, the surfaces of the floors, walls, and ceilings are smooth and featureless. Climbing a vertical surfaces is difficult without climbing gear or magic
, requiring a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check. Lighting. The only light is what the characters bring with them. Gravity Plane. The gravity plane for the tyrant ship runs midway through its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
tunnels and trenches have been worn smooth by the worm’s repeated passage. Scaling a tunnel or a trench wall without magic or climbing gear requires a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check. Arching
Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. On a successful check, the character lands on the worm’s back without taking damage or falling prone. On a failed check, the character slips and falls off the worm, landing prone in the trench and taking 10 (3d6) bludgeoning damage from the fall.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
mountain: a sheer cliff they must scale. Climbing the cliff requires each character to succeed on a DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. If the characters rope themselves together, they can instead make a
group check, succeeding as a group if at least half of them succeed on the check. Each character who fails the check—or every character, in the case of a failed group check—falls 60 feet.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
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
Entering the Scab The most obvious way to enter the Scab is through a hole near the top of the Scab (area S1). Climbing a chain or the outer surface of the scab to reach this hole requires a
successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. Once inside the Scab, Lulu can sense the distance and direction of the Bleeding Citadel’s entrance (area S14), and guide the characters toward it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. The roof is sloped and covered with cracked stone tiles. Climbing the tiled roof requires a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. A failure by 5 or more causes the climber to slide down to the parapet, landing prone but taking no damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
ceiling, then courses along a rough-hewn tunnel toward a murky lake. The din of machinery echoes from that direction.
Climbing the slimy walls requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
the characters bring with them.
Walls. Climbing the rough stone walls of the cave without equipment requires a successful DC 13 Strength (Athletics) check.
Wisdom (Survival) check. If the characters come to the cave’s southernmost entrance, they notice three abandoned rowboats left by the fishers that died in the cave. SALT CAVE FEATURES
Salt Cave is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
17. The Icewolf’s Spine This jagged ridge of ice divides the cavern into sections. Climbing up to at least the 8-foot level and moving along the ridge is the only safe way to get from area 15 or area
lair can traverse the ledges without difficulty, but any other creature that moves more than 15 feet during a round must make a DC 12 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. Failure indicates that the creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
this place.
Gnomengarde has five cave entrances perched atop ledges with sheer, rocky slopes. Climbing to a cave requires a successful DC 13 Strength (Athletics) check. A narrow footpath ascends the northeast slope, making it an easy climb to that cave entrance without a check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the waterline of the vessel, it’s a 10-foot climb to get to the main deck. The sides of the hull are slippery and can’t be climbed without using magic or climbing gear. The ice around the Dark Duchess
the troll is trying to break through it to get at them. Characters can surprise the troll if they remain quiet as they make their way into the ship’s hold (area D9). Climbing onto the ship and moving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
17. The Icewolf’s Spine This jagged ridge of ice divides the cavern into sections. Climbing up to at least the 8-foot level and moving along the ridge is the only safe way to get from area 15 or 16
traverse the ledges without difficulty, but any other creature that moves more than 15 feet during a round must make a DC 12 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. Failure indicates that the creature loses its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
Intelligence (Investigation) check to detect the trap, and a successful DC 12 Dexterity check to safely move past it. Those who fail the Dexterity check fall in and take 1d6 bludgeoning damage
. Climbing out of the pit is easy to do. Troglodytes. Four troglodytes, members of the tribe from the caverns who ran into the labyrinth to escape the thessalhydra, have been trapped here for two weeks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
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
appendix A) and seven magma mephits frolic in this lava pool and watch for intruders in areas 18 and 21. If intruders are detected, the mephits incite the lava children into climbing up the walls to attack the new arrivals, while the mephits use their breath weapons and keep their distance.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
natural climbing speed. A successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check is needed otherwise. Moving across the trunk without slipping or falling requires a successful DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check
. Living on natural stone shelves inside the crevasse are eight quaggoths that serve the drow.
The quaggoths can climb the crevasse without having to make an ability check, as can other creatures with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
16. Ice Pillars Pillars of ice jut from the floor in this area. Climbing an ice pillar more than 8 feet tall requires a climber’s kit and a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. A creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
coaches traveling along them at all hours, though traffic is heavier during the day. The estate is enclosed by 12-foot-high stone walls that require a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check to
negotiate without the aid of climbing gear or magic. Neighbors and bystanders alert the City Watch if they hear loud, disturbing noises (such as a thunderwave spell) coming from the estate or if they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
15 Strength (Athletics) check to turn. Each successful check allows the portcullis to be raised 5 feet. Characters who search for another entrance can attempt DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) checks. A
successful check spots numerous stone chimneys protruding from the mountainside, but an earthquake after Axeholm was abandoned closed off most of those to anything but Tiny creatures. Only the chimneys
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
appearance. Characters can drop down a level without difficulty. Scrambling up a level requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check; the climber has advantage on the check if equipped with
crampons or climbing gear. Light. The lair cavern is normally dark. All description assumes that the characters have a light source or darkvision. Temperature. The lair cavern is colder than the tunnels