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Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
calm it by speaking firmly and persuasively. The golem must be able to hear its creator, who must take an action to make a DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check. If the check succeeds, the golem ceases
can come from different creatures and be combined in different ways, no two fiendish flesh golems look exactly alike. Night hags guard the secret to making such golems, rarely sharing it with anyone
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
DC 22 Strength check. On a successful check, the affected creature relocates to an unoccupied space of its choice within 5 feet of the colossus and is no longer restrained.
Arcane Beam (Recharge 5–6
combined their efforts to protect their ancient empire from a particularly vicious dragon. Stone and hill giants hewed a mighty form from living stone. Cloud and frost giants gathered rare metals, and
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
turn. Polukranos regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Detect. Polukranos makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.
Tail Swipe. Polukranos makes a tail attack.
Trampling Charge (Costs
world, and so great were its size and strength that the gods Nylea and Heliod combined their power to bind the monster deep within the Nessian Wood. That incarnation was slain, but the eternal ideal
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
various worlds. While it can include fewer or different cards, it frequently appears with a Deck of Many Things as part of a combined deck of sixty-six illuminated cards. The combined deck is usually
draw the same card multiple times.
The DM can use the physical cards provided in The Deck of Many Things card set to build a combined Deck of Many Things and Deck of Many More Things, including
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.
Sword of Kas
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
becomes a fixation for its wielder.
Destroying the Sword. A creature attuned to both the Eye of Vecna and the Hand of Vecna can use the wish property of those combined artifacts to unmake the Sword of
Kas. The creature must cast the wish spell and make a Charisma check contested by the Charisma check of the sword. The sword must be within 30 feet of the creature, or the spell fails. If the sword
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
for each team. The team with the highest combined total wins the game. For example, if one member of a team gets a total of 16 on their Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check to expertly point their wand
and the other member gets a total of 20 on their Wisdom (Animal Handling) check to stack the mascots comfortably, their combined total is 36—and they win the game if no other team has a higher total. If there’s a tie, add a tiebreaker round or use your discretion to determine the winner.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Typical Difficulty Classes Task Difficulty DC Very easy 5 Easy 10 Medium 15 Hard 20 Very hard 25 Nearly impossible 30 To make an ability check, roll a d20 and add the relevant ability modifier
. As with other d20 rolls, apply bonuses and penalties, and compare the total to the DC. If the total equals or exceeds the DC, the ability check is a success--the creature overcomes the challenge at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Ability Checks An ability check tests a character’s or monster’s innate talent and training in an effort to overcome a challenge. The DM calls for an ability check when a character or monster
attempts an action (other than an attack) that has a chance of failure. When the outcome is uncertain, the dice determine the results. For every ability check, the DM decides which of the six abilities is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Strength (Athletics) check or the effort of multiple creatures with a combined Strength of 60 or higher. A rod can’t be toppled by pulling or pushing at its base.
abundant handholds and footholds that allow it to be climbed without a check. It can be toppled by lashing ropes to the top of it and then pulling it over, which requires either a successful DC 30
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
multiple characters have crowbars, and want to work together, then one of them can make a single check at advantage, representing their combined efforts.
just begun to corrode. There are four padlocks keeping the grate bolted down. Each grate can be opened with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. Three of the four must be unlocked in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
. These uprights can be toppled by creatures with a combined Strength score of 80 or higher. In the middle of the circle, two humanoid figures dance around a deer carcass, each wearing the rotting head
and succeeds on a DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check finds one of three flimsy wooden trapdoors hidden under the grass and dirt. Below these trapdoors are tunnels leading to areas C2, C3, and C4.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
raised or lowered using an iron lever nearby. If the lever can’t be reached, the portcullis can be forced up or down by characters with a combined Strength of 30 or more, but doing so breaks the mechanisms
disk in the temple. A character with proficiency in the Arcana skill can do the same thing by stepping onto the teleporter and succeeding on a DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) check. If the check succeeds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
different creatures and be combined in different ways, no two fiendish flesh golems look exactly alike. Night hags guard the secret to making such golems, rarely sharing it with anyone else. Some fiendish
, who must take an action to make a DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check. If the check succeeds, the golem ceases being berserk. If it takes damage while still at 100 hit points or fewer, the golem might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
obvious that wasn’t the source of their demise. A successful DC 12 Wisdom (Medicine) check allows a character to recognize that these sailors died by drowning. Development When he arrived, Gar
of the Sea of Fallen Stars. Treasure. If all of the corpses are thoroughly searched, they have a combined stash of 250 gp and 500 sp. Additionally, there are 1d10 pearls (worth 25 gp each) that adorn various earrings, necklaces, and the odd bellybutton piercing.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
are flooded to a depth of 3 feet. Covering each pit is a 600-pound circular iron grate that requires one or more characters with a combined Strength score of at least 20 to lift. Alternatively, a
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
door open. The door weighs 1,000 pounds and can be lifted by characters with a combined Strength of 33 or more. If the characters do so, secret doors on either side of the hallway behind the door
unlock and slide open. This releases the hungry ghasts, which fight until turned or destroyed. Each locked secret door can be opened with a knock spell or forced open by a character who succeeds on a DC 22 Strength (Athletics) check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
and succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (Arcana) check can determine that it confers the same benefit as a magic circle spell that affects celestials, elementals, fey, and fiends all at once. The circle
feet in diameter. A character who examines the ceiling closely can spot the circular seam in the rock with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. The stone plug, which weighs 1,000 pounds, has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
) check. The door to the spellbook study (area 20) is opened by shifting a book at floor level. The door to the observation room (area 19) is located 10 feet above the floor. It is opened by positioning
books, pamphlets, folios, quartos, scrolls, and tablets with a combined weight of more than a ton. The entire collection would be worth 50,000 gp if it could be moved. Alternatively, the characters can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
) check. The door to the spellbook study (area 20) is opened by shifting a book at floor level. The door to the observation room (area 19) is located 10 feet above the floor. It is opened by positioning
books, pamphlets, folios, quartos, scrolls, and tablets with a combined weight of more than a ton. The entire collection would be worth 50,000 gp if it could be moved. Alternatively, the characters can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
tossed over the back wall of the keep, or using the old tunnel that exits into the stream bed. This mission can be combined with another mission, such as saving the mill or rescuing villagers from the
and initiates are the most tight-lipped. A successful DC 10 Charisma (Intimidation) or DC 12 Charisma (Persuasion) check is needed to cause cultists to reveal that they are members of the Cult of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
tossed over the back wall of the keep, or using the old tunnel that exits into the stream bed. This mission can be combined with another mission, such as saving the mill or rescuing villagers from the
. Cultists and initiates are the most tight-lipped. A successful DC 10 Charisma (Intimidation) or DC 12 Charisma (Persuasion) check is needed to cause cultists to reveal that they are members of the Cult of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. (The panel in the middle of the south wall is set into a secret door that swings open into area 29b.)
The lid of the sarcophagus can be lifted by creatures with a combined Strength of 20 or more
(Perception) check spots the trap. When a weight of 50 pounds or more is placed on the cover of the pit trap, the cover swings open like a trapdoor, causing any creature standing on it to fall in and take
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
it. Any character who examines the box and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check recognizes it as a lich’s phylactery. (For more information on lich phylacteries, see the “Lich” entry in
eight magi who possess the power of disintegration and bring them to common purpose. Their combined force can destroy the phylactery.” Other reliable divination spells provide similar advice.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
to solving the shrine’s puzzle. The doors to the shrine are not locked and hang heavy on their hinges. Each door weighs 600 pounds, so one or more characters need a combined Strength score of 20 or
. Using thieves’ tools, a character can pick the lock on the pedestal with a successful DC 25 Dexterity check. A character who fails the check by 5 or more accidentally triggers the trap. Trap. If a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
successful one. Moss obscures the tiny holes in the walls through which the darts are fired, but they can be spotted with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. With a careful inspection of the floor
and a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check, a character notes irregularities in the floor’s tile patterns that reveal the pressure plates. Wedging an iron spike or similar object under a plate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. Destroying the Sword. A creature attuned to both the Eye of Vecna and the Hand of Vecna can use the wish property of those combined artifacts to unmake the Sword of Kas. The creature must cast the wish
spell and make a Charisma check contested by the Charisma check of the sword. The sword must be within 30 feet of the creature, or the spell fails. If the sword wins the contest, nothing happens, and the wish spell is wasted. If the sword loses the contest, it is destroyed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Runic Colossus According to The Saga of the Dragon Queller, told by giants on some worlds, a disparate group of giants combined their efforts to protect their ancient empire from a particularly
, the creature has the restrained condition. The restrained creature or another creature within 5 feet of it can use its action to make a DC 22 Strength check. On a successful check, the affected
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
fissure at the base of the tree forms a rough, arched entrance into the trunk.
A character who examines the ground around the tree can make a DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) or Wisdom (Survival) check. On a
successful check, the character spots vague humanoid footprints in the soft dirt. The tracks lead into area P2. Alternative Entrance. A character who scales the roots that form a mound along the east
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
room because of their fear of the snake.) Treasure. The bones crushed beneath the fallen block belonged to two humans. This block can be moved by the combined effort of up to three characters with a
5 or more, the rubble engulfs the digger completely, and the trapped character can’t breathe until dug out. Getting out on one’s own requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check, and doing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
remain protective of the area. If the characters want to proceed into area 10 without angering the kraken priests, they must succeed on DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check and promise not to harm Fhenimore
near the back corner of this chamber. The treasure fills and spills out of a pair of large chests that lay open so the young kraken could take stock at its whim. The combined coins include 50 pp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
requires a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. The arms are treated as a pressure plate (see “The Ruins: General Features” at the beginning of the adventure) if a character attempts to jam them in
place to keep them from moving. A character caught in the trap can wriggle free only with a successful DC 20 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. Otherwise, unconfined characters can attempt to free a victim
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
object, and the visage of each of these iron statues is most fearsome and terrifying. Moving a statue can be done, but it requires a combined Strength of 48. Moving the statue in the northwest corner
Dungeon Master’s Guide). If the trap is triggered by a failed check, it deals 1 piercing damage and delivers a dose of purple worm poison (see “Sample Poisons” in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
characters search for it. However, any character who succeeds on a DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check around the areas of the false entrance (area 2) or the open gallery (area 3) notices something more: Three
combined Strength of 60 or more can topple the obelisk, breaking it off at the base. Breaking or destroying the obelisk releases a cloud of black smoke that coalesces into a nalfeshnee demon. The demon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
vault is unlocked, unless a powerful NPC (such as Laeral Silverhand or Vajra Safahr) is present to keep the mad beholder in check. Bronze Dragon Scale Zelifarn, a young bronze dragon, has taken up
done searching the wreck for treasure.) He inflicts harm only in self-defense. A successful DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check or an offer of treasure worth at least 1,000 gp convinces the dragon to