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following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19):
At will: Guidance, Light, Thaumaturgy
2/day each: Bless, Freedom of Movement
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
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->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
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
. This effect can be undone only by the Wish spell, divine intervention, or similar magic.
Door. You gain the ability to cast the Gate spell 1d4 times, requiring no material components. Use your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
demons turn on one another in frays that can devastate vast expanses. Barlguras vary in appearance, but all have powerful frames and hands capable of climbing swiftly and delivering crushing blows. If
smaller creature, it has the Prone condition.
Spellcasting. The barlgura casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
-high walls are rough but slick with spray, requiring a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check to climb. The bridge has an Armor Class (AC) of 5 and 10 hit points. If the bridge is reduced to 0 hit
tunnel. (Creatures on the bridge at area 5 are out of danger, as are any characters successfully climbing the cavern walls.) Any creature within 10 feet of the disused passage at area 4 or the steps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
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->Storm King's Thunder
. They can obtain griffon mounts in Fireshear or hippogriff mounts in Hawk’s Nest. Neither settlement is close to Grudd Haug, requiring the characters and their mounts to rest between flights
-high passages and doorways connecting them.
Climbing. Walls of piled timber have many handholds and footholds and can be climbed with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. Other sloped and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
connecting them.
Climbing Walls. The walls of Deadstone Cleft have abundant handholds and are fairly easy to climb, requiring a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check.
Fossilized Stone Giants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
walking speed and climbing speed of 10 feet. It can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
It can innately cast each of the following
spells once per day, requiring no components: guiding bolt, sanctuary, and spiritual weapon. Its spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 11; +3 to hit with spell attacks).
When the slug takes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
abundant handholds, the slope is icy and treacherous, requiring a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check to climb without gear. There is no view of the entrance (area 1) from this tunnel exit. The
. Treasure. Lying next to the ice spider eggs is a frozen potion of climbing and a warhammer with a sapphire (worth 1,000 gp) set into the end of its haft. The potion must be thawed before it can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
) score of 15 or higher hears the sounds of marching feet off in the distance. To investigate the source of the noise, the characters must travel for 15 minutes through cramped tunnels requiring as
much climbing as crawling. At the end of this time, the adventurers emerge onto a shelf 15 feet up the wall of a broad, straight tunnel some 20 feet high. A curious procession of creatures marches along
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
humans and safe to climb. After climbing the stairs for 1,000 feet, the characters stand in front of the tower’s entrance, on a cloud that feels as firm and safe as solid ground. If the characters
) bludgeoning damage if used with two hands. This damage is considered magical. He has a challenge rating of 13 (10,000 XP). Spellcasting. Zephyros casts one of the following spells, requiring no material
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
that she can see within 60 feet of herself then regains 10 hit points.
Spellcasting. Asteria casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
pale violet light brightens before you, revealing an opening in the vaulted ceiling and a spiral stone staircase with no railing, climbing up into darkness.
Around the stairs, the light reveals a
neutral evil. Vizeran’s fey ancestry gives him advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put him to sleep. Vizeran can innately cast the following spells, requiring no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
own goal. Obstacles such as trees, streams, and piles of rubble can be present on a hrazhak field, requiring the competitors to make full use of their jumping and climbing abilities. Idols can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
between the two escarpments. It strikes at any creature that disturbs it, which includes characters scrambling up the slope. A climbing character with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 13 or
set a bridge guard where a high tunnel passes through the larger cavern below. One goblin stands watch here and is well concealed, requiring a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to spot it. Like
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
spellcasting ability (your choice). Campfire. You 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
, requiring no material components. Use your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma as the spellcasting ability (your choice). Dragon. A dragon egg appears at your feet and immediately hatches into a dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
a total of 450 gp) are touched, the exit door seals with an effect like that of an arcane lock spell, requiring the use of magic or a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check to force the door
center of the dais. A character who attempts to reach the dais another way has no luck: Someone who tries climbing up the shelves takes 2 (1d4) force damage and is pushed back 10 feet. The heads
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
cliff — requiring a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check — and toss down the ladder, the characters can proceed. Otherwise, they lose a day’s travel finding another route. If the characters remove
random party member steps on and collapses a sinkhole, and must succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw to avoid falling into a 20-foot-deep pit and taking 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage. Climbing out
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
is supernaturally heavy, requiring a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check to dislodge. Any creature who worships Phenax, though, or who wears a funerary mask, finds the lid to be far lighter
-eyed shock. The mask functions as slippers of spider climbing. 8. Cave and Tunnel On the crumbling eastern wall of the tomb is a rough-edged hole that leads to an uneven cavity in the earth. Two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
barred from the inside. Forcing open the barred door is very difficult, requiring a successful DC 20 Strength check. Creatures. If the orcs have been alerted, the orcs in areas 4 and 4a fire arrows until
roping themselves to a stable attachment point before crossing. Secret Doors. Two secret doors on the north and south walls lead to areas 4 and 4a. The doors are well made, each requiring a successful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
(Athletics) check. If the characters fasten ropes to the boulder, the centaurs offer to help haul it down for them (no check required). Freeing the boulder clears a path through the rubble. Climbing Out
. Scaling the canyon’s walls without climbing gear or magic requires a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check. The centaurs can’t manage this climb. At the top of the canyon is a golden-barked
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
and remain here, they reset the trap within a day after it has been triggered. Secret Stairwell. The secret door behind the east statue is well hidden, requiring a successful DC 18 Wisdom (Perception
42 (12d6) bludgeoning damage and ends up in area 50 of the Black Lake level. Climbing down the slippery stone next to the waterfall requires several successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) checks, or DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
positions against the wall near the door, then try to surprise intruders. The captives are too intimidated to shout warnings or call for help. Cell Doors. The cell doors feature simple locks requiring
character who descends into the fissure. The chest contains 160 sp, 120 gp, five malachite gems worth 12 gp each, a potion of healing, a potion of climbing, and a potion of growth. The chest also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
ash zombies (see the “Ash Zombies” sidebar) lurk in the shadows in this building, slumped against the walls or under the bar. When living creatures enter, the zombies groan and stir, slowly climbing to
meager yard of this small, dilapidated farmhouse.
The doors to this cottage are barred from the inside, requiring a successful DC 20 Strength check to force open. The shutters are also barred from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
into four hostile swarms of insects. Replace the swarms’ climbing speed with a flying speed of 30 feet.
Map 4.1: Side View of the Scab View Player Version S8. Hag’s Lair The tunnel leading to this
cave narrows to a height of 2 feet, requiring Medium characters to crawl through it. As the characters peer into this 20-foot-wide chamber, read the following boxed text to the players: The floor of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Spellcasting (Psionics). Grandolpha’s innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 13). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: druidcraft, mending
is a wide shaft that descends 100 feet to area X26 and climbs 120 feet to a pair of enormous doors carved out of ice. The characters need magic or climbing gear to scale the shaft’s rough-hewn walls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
forced open with a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check.
Illumination. Areas within the cathedral are brightly lit by continual flame spells cast on wall sconces.
Walls. Climbing the
ball again, requiring another check made as an action to get him back in the fight. H9. Balcony The doors leading out onto this balcony are locked from the inside. The balcony is 30 feet above the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
(see the “Ash Zombies” sidebar) lurk in the shadows in this building, slumped against the walls or under the bar. When living creatures enter, the zombies groan and stir, slowly climbing to their
doors are shut and windows shuttered.
Cultist The doors to this cottage are barred from the inside, requiring a successful DC 20 Strength check to force open. The shutters are also barred from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
target prone, then snaps at it with its powerful jaws to gulp it down. Treasure. The two chests contain a total of 2,200 sp. One holds a potion of climbing, and the other a potion of water breathing
in the prison (see area 34). A character can pick the lock with thieves’ tools and a successful DC 18 Dexterity check. Breaking the door down is very difficult, requiring a successful DC 25 Strength check. On the other side of the door is a steep staircase that leads up to area 35 in the Foundry.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
release a rain of arrows from turrets up higher on the lighthouse. The trap can be bypassed by pressing a hidden button on the door, requiring a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check to
more stairs are deactivated with dispel magic first, a character climbing or jumping up has advantage on the check. Treasure. Each hell hound wears an ornate platinum collar, one etched with the name
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
spot to raise their young. The adults use the statistics for giant crocodiles, except that they have a climbing speed of 30 feet, no swimming speed, and darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. Their four
in a locked iron box (requiring thieves’ tools and a successful DC 15 Dexterity check to open) Eleven 100 gp gems, four 500 gp gems, and two 1,000 gp gems in a small coffer Seven pieces of jewelry
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, almost 150 feet above. The stairs end after 50 feet, requiring an easy climb up the ribs. Treasure The odd backpacks are five balloon packs (see chapter 7) left here by the cultists. F2. Howling Pit
weak to pose an actual hazard. Climbing the rough pit walls requires successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) checks. F3. Wind Prison A stone pedestal in the middle of this cavern holds a glassy sphere
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
is unable to move. If the check fails by 5 or more, a slab of masonry below the character shifts, dumping the character into a debris-lined cavity. Climbing back out requires a successful DC 10
lock for 10 minutes, lowering the DCs by 10 during that time. The mechanical lock remains intact if the magical lock is bypassed, requiring another knock spell or the use of the key. The key, which