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While wearing these gloves, climbing and swimming don't cost you extra movement, and you gain a +5 bonus to Strength (Athletics) checks made to climb or swim.
Magic Items
Out of the Abyss
Created by the stone giant librarians of Gravenhollow, this nineteen-inch-long shard of quartz grants you advantage on Intelligence (Investigation) checks while it is on your person.
The crystal has
with plants (3 charges).
When you cast a divination spell, you can use the crystal in place of one material component that would normally be consumed by the spell, at a cost of 1 charge per level of
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Industrious. The leprechaun is proficient with all artisan’s tools and adds double its proficiency bonus to ability checks made with them.
Reluctant Refusal. When a creature offers the
ideas into vivid illusions.
A leprechaun’s adherence to Feywild rules affords it tremendous luck, but this fortune comes at a cost. These same magical strictures compel leprechauns to use their
Equipment
have advantage on Intelligence checks to recall or understand lore about necromancy and the Codex Mortis.
You have advantage on death saving throws.
When you cast a necromancy spell, the gold piece cost of the spell’s material components is halved.
Equipment
advantage on Intelligence checks to determine the vulnerabilities and weaknesses of Celestials.
You deal an extra 9 (2d8) damage to Celestials when you hit them with an attack.
You know how to harvest
harvested Celestial organ in place of one material component that would normally be consumed by the spell, up to a cost of 2,500 gp.
Equipment
form, but it can be used to alter appearance and apparent ancestry with ease. A creature using the balm adds double their proficiency bonus to any ability checks they make to create a visual disguise
, and they have advantage on those checks. The effects of the balm last until the creature finishes a long rest.
A character who studies a sample of balm for 1 week and succeeds on a DC 18 Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Gloves of Swimming and Climbing Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement) While wearing these gloves, climbing and swimming don’t cost you extra movement, and you gain a +5 bonus to Strength (Athletics) checks made to climb or swim.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Gloves of Swimming and Climbing Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement) While wearing these gloves, climbing and swimming don’t cost you extra movement, and you gain a +5 bonus to Strength (Athletics) checks made to climb or swim.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Cult of Baalzebul Goals: Restoration of honor and respect, at the cost of those who stole it Typical Cultist: Any NPC or monster that has suffered a fall from grace Signature Spells: Minor illusion
, this creature can choose one ally it can see within 30 feet of it. Until the start of this creature’s next turn, it gains advantage on all ability checks and attack rolls, while the chosen ally suffers disadvantage on all ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
(Investigation) checks while it is on your person. The crystal has 10 charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend some of its charges to cast one of the following spells from it: speak with
consumed by the spell, at a cost of 1 charge per level of the spell. The crystal is not consumed when used in this way. The crystal regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the crystal’s last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the crystal vanishes, lost forever.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Tools A tool helps you make specialized ability checks, craft certain items, or both. A tool’s description includes the tool’s cost and weight, as well as the following entries: Ability. This entry
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Tools A tool helps you make specialized ability checks, craft certain items, or both. A tool’s description includes the tool’s cost and weight, as well as the following entries: Ability. This entry
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Wisdom (Animal Handling) checks made with respect to it have Advantage. Trade: Animals. When you issue the Trade order to this facility, you commission the facility’s hireling to buy or sell one or more
mounts at normal cost, keeping the ones you buy in your Stable. The work takes 7 days, and the DM decides what types of animals are available for purchase—horses, ponies, and mules being the most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Ability Checks An ability check is a test to see whether a character succeeds at a task that he or she has decided to attempt. The Player’s Handbook includes examples of what each ability score is
used for. The Ability Checks table summarizes that material for easy reference. Multiple Ability Checks Sometimes a character fails an ability check and wants to try again. In some cases, a character is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
“Disadvantage” in the Stealth column for an armor type, the wearer has Disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks. Armor Armor Armor Class (AC) Strength Stealth Weight Cost Light Armor (1 Minute to Don or
Armor The Armor table lists the game’s main armor. The table includes the cost and weight of armor, as well as the following details: Category. Every type of armor falls into a category: Light
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
reward for faithful service, although they can also be bought. Deeds can be bought or inherited. A small estate might sell for as little as 100 gp or as much as 1,000 gp. A large estate might cost
5,000 gp or more, if it can be bought at all. Once the estate is secured, a character needs access to building materials and laborers. The Building a Stronghold table shows the cost of building the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
“Disadvantage” in the Stealth column for an armor type, the wearer has Disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks. Armor Armor Armor Class (AC) Strength Stealth Weight Cost Light Armor (1 Minute to Don or
Armor The Armor table lists the game’s main armor. The table includes the cost and weight of armor, as well as the following details: Category. Every type of armor falls into a category: Light
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Kalista with it, the characters must succeed on the following ability checks in this order: DC 13 Strength (Athletics). The character piles the weapons in the forge and undertakes the tough labor needed
check, the party completes the disarmament. The characters can retry failed checks, but if they accumulate three failures, Kalista dismisses them with a sigh, insisting she can handle the rest of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Resolution and Consequences You determine the consequences of attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws. In most cases, doing so is straightforward. When an attack hits, it deals damage. When a
can take when adjudicating success and failure to make things a little less black-and-white. Success at a Cost Failure can be tough, but the agony is compounded when a character fails by the barest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Consequences As a DM, you can use a variety of approaches when adjudicating success and failure to tailor the game to your liking. Success at a Cost When a character fails a D20 Test by only 1 or 2
, you can offer to let the character succeed at the cost of a complication or hindrance. Such complications can run along any of the following lines: A character gets her sword past an enemy’s defenses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Drink Cost
Stiff
Ale 1 GP
Honey Mead 1 GP
Wine 1 GP
Dry
Bark Tea 1 GP
Cider 1 GP
Food Food Cost
Bottomless Soup 1 GP
Cheese and Fruit
1 GP
Roast Fowl 1 GP
Roast Joint 2 GP
Good Stew 1 GP
Very Good Stew 2 GP
Dessert Dessert Cost
Apple Fritter 1 GP
Bread Pudding 1 GP
(crossed out
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
trophy,” the woman says, holding up the Riverine’s Shankha. “But I am the last champion of Manivarshi to win the Riverine’s Shankha—not this upstart. It cost me everything, but my victory is eternal
has disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls until she regains it. She fights to the death. A character who succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (History) check has heard of Jijibisha Manivarshi and can confirm that she was favored to win the Shankha Trials the year Manivarsha was destroyed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
separates them into three categories: light armor, medium armor, and heavy armor. Many warriors supplement their armor with a shield. The Armor table shows the cost, weight, and other properties of the common
has disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks. Shields. A shield is made from wood or metal and is carried in one hand. Wielding a shield increases your Armor Class by 2. You can benefit from only one shield at a time.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
particularly hard wood. Tools Item
Cost
Weight
Artisan’s Tools
Alchemist’s supplies
50 gp
8 lb.
Brewer’s supplies
20 gp
9 lb.
Calligrapher’s supplies
10 gp
5 lb.
Carpenter’s
add your proficiency bonus to any ability checks you make using the tools in your craft. Each type of artisan’s tools requires a separate proficiency. Disguise Kit. This pouch of cosmetics, hair dye
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
distracted, a creature has disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks and initiative rolls. ROYALTY COMPONENT
Jim Darkmagic’s unique brand of spellcasting mixes arcane expertise with a particular kind
their person. The cost of the casting is set by the caster who creates the spell, but is typically 1 gp per spell slot level. When the spell is cast, the royalty is magically transported to a coffer or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the same time, a tracker flows into places where a normal creature can’t go and brings its own brand of watery death down upon its quarry. Vengeance at Any Cost. The ritual for creating a slithering
indistinguishable from a puddle, unless an observer succeeds on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check.
Keen Tracker. The slithering tracker has advantage on Wisdom checks to track prey.
Liquid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
armorsmith, tailor, leatherworker, or similar expert to make the item wearable. The cost for such work varies from 10 to 40 percent of the market price of the item. The DM can either roll 1d4 x 10 or
determine the increase in cost based on the extent of the alterations required.
The Armor table shows the cost, weight, and other properties of the common types of armor and shields used in the worlds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
adherence to Feywild rules affords it tremendous luck, but this fortune comes at a cost. These same magical strictures compel leprechauns to use their powers on behalf of those who offer them gifts
to ability checks made with them.
Reluctant Refusal. When a creature offers the leprechaun the chance to partake in merriment or revelry such as a song, a dance, or a good meal, the leprechaun must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
to the jungles and marshes of Chult carry this disease, shivering sickness. The easiest protection against it is a coating of insect-repelling salve on all exposed skin (for the cost of insect
normal number of hit points from spending Hit Dice and no hit points from a long rest. The infected creature also has disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls. At the end of a long rest, an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
still enter the mine, at the cost of having a much less exhilarating experience. Riding the Mystery Mine Each mine cart holds up to eight Medium creatures. As the characters pass through the dragon’s
advantage on all Charisma-based ability checks made at the carnival. This effect lasts until the crowning of the Witchlight Monarch (see “Timed Events” toward the end of the chapter). Any character who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. Losing bets cost the full amount of the wager. Winning bets pay out according to the table. Bets can be for a dinosaur to win, place, show, or do something specific during the race (like attack another
successful DC 10 Constitution check at the end of this round or its speed is halved for the rest of the race. No initiative is involved. Riders can make their Animal Handling checks in any order, or all at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
lower than the usual quality of the inn, but at least it’s free. You have advantage on ability checks made to perform research or gather information while in a circle outpost, provided you have an
. There’s no cost for such a service, but anyone who helps you will expect you to provide similar assistance when they need it. The first and oldest outpost of the Circle of Song is the Golden Horn in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
(excluding the hag and its allies) within 1 mile of the lair subtract 1d10 from any ability checks they make when they take the Influence action. Meddlesome Magic. Whenever a creature other than the hag or its
. Ask me your questions, but be certain that every secret has its cost.
—Baba Yaga, Mother of Witches
Arch-hag Large Fey, Neutral Evil
AC 20 Initiative +16 (26)
HP 333 (29d10 + 174)
Speed 40
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
any game for a cost of 3 tokens (available from the cashier). You can use any combination of checks and roleplaying you like to represent a character’s attempts to gamble, but each game should involve
at least three checks of DC 12 or higher. An Intelligence (History) or Wisdom (Perception) check might allow a character to suss out the rules of a game or analyze the opposition, while an Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Resolving Interactions The Player’s Handbook provides guidelines for balancing roleplaying and ability checks in a social interaction (see chapter 8, "Adventuring"). This section adds to that
. For tasks or actions that require no particular risk, effort, or cost, friendly creatures usually help without question. If an element of personal risk is involved, a successful Charisma check might