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core of the warren, where the pearly matter of the island is also located. Sections of the lair and its center might be kept dry to better protect and preserve collected objects and creatures, but most
watched, even when they aren't.
Each time a creature that has been on the island for less than a year finishes a short or long rest, it must make a DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check. On a
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fragments that make up the island’s core are also located. Sections of the lair and its center might be kept dry to better protect and preserve collected objects and creatures, but most of the lair
time, so it can be recovered with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. An object that is misplaced but not recovered ends up in the morkoth’s lair 1 hour later. If the creature later
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the planar portal in area 33, which in turn generates the Donjon Sphere’s fiery power core. Opening off one of the corridors is a circular chamber that holds a platform for the elevator in area 19. As
an action, a character with thieves’ tools can try to remove a control gem, doing so with a successful DC 17 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check. Alternatively, a character can remove a gem by force
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Elemental Engines Airships are powered by an elemental spirit bound to a core carved from a Khyber dragonshard. This core is placed into a heavily fortified containment chamber connected to an arcane
matrix spanning—and powering—the whole ship. When the elemental spirit within the core is activated, its elemental energy flows through the matrix’s arteries and the ship’s binding struts, forming
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
) check. On a failed check, the creature gets lost in the shafts for 2d4 hours before reemerging at a random shaft entrance in the Donjon core.
any other shaft entrance in the Donjon core in 1d4 minutes. Any creature other than a detention drone that attempts to travel from one shaft entrance to another must make a DC 20 Wisdom (Survival
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Secret Doors A number of secret doors are hidden in the Donjon Core. A character who searches a wall where a secret door is located and succeeds on a DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check finds minuscule bumps along the wall’s surface. Pressing these bumps causes the door to slide open.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
down into a hollow central cavity. Lying near the base of the stalagmite are the badly corroded remains of two goblin scimitars. A black pudding has taken residence inside the stalagmite’s hollow core
is inserted into one of the stalagmite’s holes. The pudding has total cover while inside the stalagmite’s core. If left undisturbed, the pudding remains inside the stalagmite until the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
ruby in Ghazrim’s ring has a white, star-shaped core that guides its wearer along the safest, shortest route to Gravenhollow. Society of Brilliance If one or more members of the Society of Brilliance
comes within a day’s travel of the library can make a DC 15 Intelligence check to find the passage leading to Gravenhollow. If its check fails, it can try again after 8 hours of searching and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
vehicle rules don’t cover, fall back on the core rules. For example, if a character wants to leap from one moving vehicle to another, determine whether the character succeeds or not with a Strength
(Athletics) check, setting the jump’s DC based on the distance between the two vehicles (as well as other factors, as appropriate). Keep it fun and fast-paced, and push the rules aside when they get in the way.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
(Athletics) check. Interior doors are made of iron and are unlocked unless the text states otherwise. Secret Doors. Each secret door in the fortress is opened by stepping on a tiny pressure plate hidden in
the floor nearby. As an action, a character can search the wall for secret doors and make a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. If the check is successful, the character finds the secret door and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fated Flight of the Recluse
, having fallen into the elemental ring, was absorbed into the airship’s elemental core. The spirit’s inhabitancy allows a creature occupying the Helm to bypass that station’s requirements and use the
station’s actions regardless. A character that takes the Study action and succeeds on a DC 9 Intelligence (Arcana) check recalls not only that a pilot must bear a Mark of the Storm, but also that House
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
embedded in the walls.
Engraved Doors. The double doors to the south are engraved with the image of a mountain with a gem-shaped indentation at its core (the symbol of Dumathoin). The edges of the
the tunnel can spot the secret door at either end of it without having to make a check.
The first time a creature passes between the quartz pillars to the north, a booming, disembodied voice says
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
the core of the rules of the game. All three follow these simple steps. Roll the die and add a modifier. Roll a d20 and add the relevant modifier. This is typically the modifier derived from one of
.)
Apply circumstantial bonuses and penalties. A class feature, a spell, a particular circumstance, or some other effect might give a bonus or penalty to the check.
Compare the total to a target
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K18. High Tower Staircase The large flagstones of this spiraling staircase lead up and down around a twenty-foot-wide stone core. Cobwebs fill the staircase, making it difficult to see even the
of the wall to the other. A character who inspects the wall closely can spot the chink with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check. The wall is too sturdy for characters to knock down, but they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Y4. Gulthias Tree At the south end of the hilltop is a sickly copse, a grove of dead trees and shrubs with a huge, misshapen tree at its core. Blood oozes like sap from its twisted trunk. Skulking
destroyed but isn’t truly dead; it regains 1 hit point every month until it is fully healed. With a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) check, a character can determine that the entire stump must be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
and creak underfoot. There’s a 4-foot-wide gap in the walkway that characters can easily leap across without making an ability check. But the walkway west of the gap (outside the door to area B4
suggest (without needing an ability check) that it belongs to a male human (Macreadus, though the characters won’t know this right away). Little remains of his clothing, but a character who sifts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fated Flight of the Recluse
ship’s bow is pointing frantically to the northwest.
A character that takes the Search action and succeeds on a DC 13 Wisdom (Perception) check faintly sees an immense dark shape moving through the
action and succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (History) check recalls the prophecy and surmises Brynshal’duun’s dedication to the prophecy’s fulfillment. Reasoning with Brynshal’duun. A character that takes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
of Xedalli’s claim to the throne—make a DC 20 Charisma (Persuasion) check. If another skill seems more appropriate, use that skill instead. If the character’s argument is genuinely persuasive or if
other characters contribute to the argument, the check is made with advantage. If the check succeeds, the crowd is swayed in Xedalli’s favor. If the check fails, the crowd is not swayed, which pleases
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
(Sleight of Hand) check; if the character is proficient with the gaming set of the game being played, the character can make this check with advantage. On a successful check, the character bends the
game to their will. Encourage the player to describe how the character successfully cheats. On a failed check, the pit fiends notice the character’s attempt, confiscate the character’s talons, and escort
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
at prey before yanking the piteous creatures into the flesh meld’s core. The stench of death surrounds a flesh meld. When a creature is consumed by a flesh meld, the creature’s mind is merged into the
to make an ability check.
Actions
Multiattack. The flesh meld makes two Bite attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 30 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (2d10 + 5) piercing damage, and if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Step 4: Choose an Alignment Choose your character’s alignment from the options below, and note it on your character sheet. D&D assumes that player characters aren’t of an evil alignment. Check with
are savage predators, for example, but they aren’t evil; they are unaligned.
Alignment and Personality Alignment can shape a character’s personality, goals, and core beliefs. Looking at the two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
on a DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check to convince Krux to let Gargenhale have the ring and make this doomsday trip. Once he has the ring, Gargenhale enters the Astral Font’s light beam. Moments later
all-consuming core.
Death of a Star When Xaryxis is destroyed, read: The star flares, becoming a thousand times brighter. Moments later, it is gone.
The exploding star destroys everything within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Step 4: Choose an Alignment Choose your character’s alignment from the options below, and note it on your character sheet. D&D assumes that player characters aren’t of an evil alignment. Check with
shape a character’s personality, goals, and core beliefs. Looking at the two elements of an alignment, you can use the lists below to inspire details of your character’s personality. Personality
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
reveals that these inscriptions spell out the core tenets of Shar’s faith: In darkness, act. Never wait for the darkness to pass before making your move. Quench the light of the moon when you can. Hide
dagger in each hand. A character who searches the statue and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check discovers that one of its daggers is a lever that opens a compartment at the base of the statue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Spaceship Locations, Level 4 The fourth level of the spaceship is the service deck. It is the central node of the ship, the brain from which the ship’s core functions derive their processing power
: “What have you done?
What have you done!
Back to the darkness,
Into the void.”
After Aphelion dies, any robots still aboard the ship default to their core programming and continue their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
invisible, arcane matrix. This magical essence extends from the containment chamber at the core of the vehicle to the binding struts, then through the rest of the vehicle’s hull. When a Khyber
a DC 20 Charisma (Persuasion or Intimidation) check to persuade the elemental to cooperate or demand its obedience. On a successful check, the elemental obeys the character for 1 minute. The dominate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the Lambent Zenith, keep watch here. Characters who want to avoid the githyanki must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity (Stealth) check. The knights notice characters who fail the check, beckoning them to
characters to speak with the second mate, Kycera, in the galley (area Z3). A character who succeeds on a DC 14 Wisdom (Insight) check intuits that the two are uneasy about some of their crewmates. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
not locked. A character can use an action to try to wrench open the doors, doing so with a successful DC 14 Strength (Athletics) check. The noise is loud enough to alert the creatures in area N2
). Each time a character makes a check, compare the check result to the Figuring Out Alien Technology table in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. N3. Cryogenic Stasis Pods Each of these four rooms contains a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, attack rolls, and saving throws are the three main kinds of d20 rolls, forming the core of the rules of the game. All three follow these simple steps.
1. Roll the die and add a modifier. Roll a d20 and
effect might give a bonus or penalty to the check.
3. Compare the total to a target number. If the total equals or exceeds the target number, the ability check, attack roll, or saving throw is a success
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
without Ghazrim DuLoc’s permission. The doors are barred from the inside. They have AC 15, 80 hit points, and a damage threshold of 10. They can also be forced open with a DC 25 Strength check. The
magic. The gem’s star-shaped core is a magical compass that guides the ring’s wearer along the safest, shortest route to Gravenhollow. Ghazrim is aware of the ring’s property and gives the ring to the characters if they claim to be headed that way.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
is surrounded by a tangible magical energy. Stepping onto the shrine requires a successful DC 10 Charisma check, and unless this check succeeds by 5 or more, the shrine counts as difficult terrain. On
a failed check, the creature is knocked prone next to the shrine and takes 5 (2d4) force damage. Effects of a Shrine. Channeling the energy of the trapped Chosen, each shrine creates magical effects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the influence of Demogorgon. Many are developing tics, habits, and behaviors that fly against their core beliefs, including guards flaunting their corrupt behavior, the use of adornment for adornment’s
Dexterity (Stealth) check with advantage, contested by the character’s passive Wisdom (Perception) score. Mad Duergar The characters encounter a duergar afflicted with a form of indefinite madness. Roll a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
(Deception) check contested by the guards’ Wisdom (Insight) checks; if all the characters succeed, the guards are fooled and allow them to pass. If combat erupts here, two earth elementals burst up
is a tunnel cloaked by a 6th-level major image spell to look like a solid stone wall. Discovering its nature from a distance requires a DC 19 Intelligence (Investigation) check, although direct
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
several underground chambers, although other structural forms might be incorporated. The morkoth dwells among its most prized possessions in a spacious vault at the core of the warren, where the
time a creature that has been on the island for less than a year finishes a short or long rest, it must make a DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check. On a failure, the creature has misplaced one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
five times their size. Removing a viewer from the walkway destroys the device. A character who aims a viewer at the lake (area S59) and succeeds on a DC 18 Wisdom (Perception) check glimpses the
) check, the robots leave satisfied. Repeated refusals offend the robots, causing them to go haywire and attack. Treasure. The robots cleaned and heaped the bones of previous diners in a pile in the