Search Results
All Results
Characters
Compendium
Spells
Items
Monsters
Vehicles
Forums
Returning 35 results for 'choose check'.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You touch a willing creature and choose a skill. Until the spell ends, the creature adds 1d4 to any ability check using the chosen skill.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Choose a point on the ground that you can see within range. For the duration, an intense tremor rips through the ground in a 100-foot-radius circle centered on that point. The ground there is
choose the fissures’ locations, which can’t be under structures. Each fissure is 1d10 × 10 feet deep and 10 feet wide, and it extends from one edge of the spell’s area to another
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Until the spell ends, you control any water inside an area you choose that is a Cube up to 100 feet on a side, using one of the following effects. As a Magic action on your later turns, you can
repeat the same effect or choose a different one.
Flood. You cause the water level of all standing water in the area to rise by as much as 20 feet. If you choose an area in a large body of water, you
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You summon a giant centipede, spider, or wasp (chosen when you cast the spell). It manifests in an unoccupied space you can see within range and uses the Giant Insect stat block. The form you choose
make an ability check.
Actions
Multiattack. The insect makes a number of attacks equal to half this spell’s level (round down).
Poison Jab. Melee Attack Roll: Bonus equals your spell attack
Spells
Player’s Handbook
spell ends without being triggered.
The glyph is nearly imperceptible and requires a successful Wisdom (Perception) check against your spell save DC to notice.
When you inscribe the glyph, you set
its trigger and choose whether it’s an explosive rune or a spell glyph, as explained below.
Set the Trigger. You decide what triggers the glyph when you cast the spell. For glyphs inscribed on
Feats
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Dragonmark Feat (Prerequisite: Eberron Campaign, Can’t Have Another Dragonmark Feat)
You gain the following benefits.
Gifted Scribe. When you make an Intelligence (History) check or an
ability check using Calligrapher's Supplies, you can roll 1d4 and add the number rolled to the ability check.
Scribe’s Insight. You know the Message cantrip. You also always have the Comprehend
Feats
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Dragonmark Feat (Prerequisite: Eberron Campaign, Can’t Have Another Dragonmark Feat)
You gain the following benefits.
Medical Intuition. When you make a Wisdom (Medicine) check or an ability
check using a Herbalism Kit, you can roll 1d4 and add the number rolled to the ability check.
Healing Touch. You always have the Cure Wounds spell prepared. You can cast it once without a spell slot
Feats
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
(Performance) check, you can roll 1d4 and add the number rolled to the ability check.
Shape Shadows. You know the Minor Illusion cantrip. You also always have the Invisibility spell prepared. You can cast
, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells (choose when you select this feat).
Spells of the Mark. If you have the Spellcasting or Pact Magic class feature, the spells on the
Magic Items
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
(History) or Intelligence (Religion) check while holding the primer, you can expend 1 charge to give yourself 1d4 bonus to the check, immediately after you roll the d20.
In addition, if you study the
primer at the end of a long rest, you can choose one 1st-level spell from the cleric or wizard spell list. Before you finish your next long rest, you can cast the chosen spell once without a spell
Equipment
make a DC 40 Intelligence (Arcana) check, with a bonus equal to the combined level of the expended spell slots.
On a success, choose a specific entity. Every sentient being in the timescape who didn
’t participate in the ritual loses all memory of the chosen entity, and the entity’s name is erased from all records. On a failure, the GM chooses an entity to be erased. If the check fails by 10 or more, you and all participants are also erased and die.
Lucky
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Feats
Player’s Handbook (2014)
, ability check, or saving throw.
You can also spend one luck point when an attack roll is made against you. Roll a d20, and then choose whether the attack uses the attacker's roll or yours. If more than
You have inexplicable luck that seems to kick in at just the right moment.
You have 3 luck points. Whenever you make an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw, you can spend one luck
Dispel Magic
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
Choose one creature, object, or magical effect within range. Any spell of 3rd level or lower on the target ends. For each spell of 4th level or higher on the target, make an ability check using your
spellcasting ability. The DC equals 10 + the spell's level. On a successful check, the spell ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, you
Magic Items
Tyranny of Dragons
. You can speak and understand Draconic. You also have advantage on any Charisma check you make against black dragons.
Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If you fail a saving throw, you can choose to succeed instead.
Water Breathing. You can breathe underwater.
Minor Illusion
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
volume can range from a whisper to a scream. It can be your voice, someone else's voice, a lion's roar, a beating of drums, or any other sound you choose. The sound continues unabated throughout the
uses its action to examine the sound or image, the creature can determine that it is an illusion with a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for what it is, the illusion becomes faint to the creature.
Spells
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
You choose a 5-foot-square unoccupied space on the ground that you can see within range. A Medium hand made from compacted soil rises there and reaches for one creature you can see within 5 feet of
use its action to make a Strength check against your spell save DC. On a success, the target escapes and is no longer restrained by the hand.
As an action, you can cause the hand to reach for a
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
You call out to the spirits of nature to rouse them against your enemies. Choose a point you can see within range. The spirits cause trees, rocks, and grasses in a 60-foot cube centered on that point
creature can use an action to make a Strength (Athletics) check against your spell save DC, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Rocks. As a bonus action on your turn, you can cause a loose
Detect Thoughts
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
can see within 30 feet of you. If the creature you choose has an Intelligence of 3 or lower or doesn’t speak any language, the creature is unaffected.
You initially learn the surface thoughts of
creature’s thoughts, the creature can use its action on its turn to make an Intelligence check contested by your Intelligence check; if it succeeds, the spell ends.
Questions verbally directed at
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
smell of burning incense fills the air within, and the temperature is mild.
The temple opposes types of creatures you choose when you cast this spell. Choose one or more of the following: celestials
24 hours. Even if the creature can enter the temple, the magic there hinders it; whenever it makes an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw inside the temple, it must roll a d4 and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
, ability check, or saving throw. You can also spend one luck point when an attack roll is made against you. Roll a d20, and then choose whether the attack uses the attacker’s roll or yours. If more
Lucky You have inexplicable luck that seems to kick in at just the right moment. You have 3 luck points. Whenever you make an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw, you can spend one luck
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Expertise At 1st level, choose two of your skill proficiencies, or one of your skill proficiencies and your proficiency with thieves’ tools. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check
you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies. At 6th level, you can choose two more of your proficiencies (in skills or with thieves’ tools) to gain this benefit.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Dealing with the Banshee If the characters are respectful and polite, they can persuade Agatha to help them with a successful DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check. The player who takes the lead in
speaking with the banshee makes the check. If that player roleplays the encounter well, allow them to make the check with advantage. If any character has Sister Garaele’s silver comb and presents it to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
one skill of your choice. Choose one skill in which you have proficiency. You gain expertise with that skill, which means your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make with it. The
skill you choose must be one that isn’t already benefiting from a feature, such as Expertise, that doubles your proficiency bonus.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Chapter 1: Character Options When you create a character for a campaign or an adventure set in Wildspace or the Astral Sea, you can choose from any of the options that the D&D game provides
, including those described in this chapter. As always, you should check with your DM before creating a character to make sure the options you prefer are available. Spacefaring adventurers leave their damselfly ship behind
and explore a new world in pursuit of their latest quest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, you control any freestanding water inside an area you choose that is a cube up to 100 feet on a side. You can choose from any of the following effects when you cast this spell. As an action on your
turn, you can repeat the same effect or choose a different one. Flood. You cause the water level of all standing water in the area to rise by as much as 20 feet. If the area includes a shore, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
, you control any freestanding water inside an area you choose that is a cube up to 100 feet on a side. You can choose from any of the following effects when you cast this spell. As an action on your
turn, you can repeat the same effect or choose a different one. Flood. You cause the water level of all standing water in the area to rise by as much as 20 feet. If the area includes a shore, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
Special Encounters While going through the Cursed Labyrinth, the characters will have some interesting encounters. Roll on the following table (if you get the same result twice, reroll or choose an
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
(Survival) check to discern the best pathway. On a successful check, the leader correctly navigates to a treasure chamber; roll randomly or choose an option from the Treasure Chambers table to determine
what room is encountered. On a failed check, the leader stumbles into a challenge chamber; roll randomly or choose an option from the Challenge Chambers table to determine which room is encountered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
range. You give each target you choose a new, illusory appearance. An unwilling target can make a Charisma saving throw, and if it succeeds, it is unaffected by this spell. The spell disguises physical
you must choose a form that has the same basic arrangement of limbs. Otherwise, the extent of the illusion is up to you. The spell lasts for the duration, unless you use your action to dismiss it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
wall of solid stone behind the false door hides a secret door, which can be found with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. Secret Trapdoor. On the other side of the secret door is a secret
trapdoor in the floor of the corridor, requiring a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check to find. The trapdoor opens onto a steep flight of narrow stairs that spiral down to a 5-foot-wide tunnel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Until the spell ends, you control any water inside an area you choose that is a Cube up to 100 feet on a side, using one of the following effects. As a Magic action on your later turns, you can repeat
the same effect or choose a different one. Flood. You cause the water level of all standing water in the area to rise by as much as 20 feet. If you choose an area in a large body of water, you instead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
resembles a smaller version of the famed statue of Moloch in the main temple (area 25). Treasure A successful DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check made to search this area uncovers a key to the treasure
experiments in progress, providing the characters with a window of opportunity to deal with it alone if they so choose.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
the gods of the multiverse. Check with your DM to learn which deities are in your campaign. Once you’ve chosen a deity, consider your cleric’s relationship to that god. Did you enter this service
willingly? Or did the god choose you, impelling you into service with no regard for your wishes? How do the temple priests of your faith regard you: as a champion or a troublemaker? What are your ultimate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
feet high. A Medium or smaller creature must succeed on a DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check to open any of the doors on the upper level due to their great size and weight. Doors stay open if left that way
relatively easy to find due to the crude construction of the place. It requires a successful DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check to find such a door. Random Encounters On the upper level of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
creature fails a saving throw, the creature suffers a harmful effect. When an ability check equals or exceeds the DC, the check succeeds. As a DM, you have a variety of flourishes and approaches you
this technique when a character succeeds on a roll by hitting the DC exactly, complicating marginal success in interesting ways. Degrees of Failure Sometimes a failed ability check has different
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
replace only one of the dice. You choose which one. For example, if a halfling has advantage or disadvantage on an ability check and rolls a 1 and a 13, the halfling could use the Lucky trait to reroll
Advantage and Disadvantage Sometimes a special ability or spell tells you that you have advantage or disadvantage on an ability check, a saving throw, or an attack roll. When that happens, you roll a