counting water reading

Summon Elemental

Spells Player’s Handbook

Proficiency Bonus) Traits Amorphous Form (Air, Fire, and Water Only). The spirit can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without it counting as Difficult Terrain. Actions Multiattack

, Fire, or Water. The creature resembles a bipedal form wreathed in the chosen element, which determines certain details in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points or when

Strahd von Zarovich

Monsters Curse of Strahd

Shapechanger. If Strahd isn’t in running water or sunlight, he can use his action to polymorph into a Tiny bat, a Medium wolf, or a Medium cloud of mist, or back into his true form. While in

space, the mist can do so without squeezing, and he can’t pass through water. He has advantage on Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution saving throws, and he is immune to all nonmagical damage

Goliath Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

the responsibility to earn a place in the tribe or die trying. Driven Competitors Every day brings a new challenge to a goliath. Food, water, and shelter are rare in the uppermost mountain reaches. A

individual skill. They have a compulsion to keep score, counting their deeds and tallying their accomplishments to compare to others. Goliaths love to win, but they see defeat as a prod to improve their

Ezmerelda d'Avenir

Monsters Curse of Strahd

Special Equipment. In addition to her magic armor and weapons, Ezmerelda has two potions of greater healing, six vials of holy water, and three wooden stakes. Spellcasting. Ezmerelda is a 7th-level

herself. Tarokka Deck. Ezmerelda keeps a deck of tarokka cards in her wagon (chapter 11, area V1). Although the cards aren’t magical, Ezmerelda can use them to perform a card reading for the

Tabaxi Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

mull over the stories and rumors they collected like a miser counting coins. Although material wealth holds little attraction for the tabaxi, they have an insatiable desire to find and inspect ancient

You have a minor phobia of water and hate getting wet. 4 Your tail always betrays your inner thoughts. 5 You purr loudly when you are happy. 6 You keep a small ball of yarn in your

Driven Competitors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

Driven Competitors Every day brings a new challenge to a goliath. Food, water, and shelter are rare in the uppermost mountain reaches. A single mistake can bring doom to an entire tribe, while an

individual’s heroic effort can ensure the entire group’s survival. Goliaths thus place a premium on self-sufficiency and individual skill. They have a compulsion to keep score, counting their deeds and

Summon Elemental

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

(Air, Fire, and Water Only). The spirit can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without it counting as Difficult Terrain. Actions Multiattack. The spirit makes a number of Slam attacks

Summon Elemental Level 4 Conjuration (Druid, Ranger, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S, M (air, a pebble, ash, and water inside a gold-inlaid vial worth 400+ GP

K60. North Tower Peak

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

bed fitted with leather restraints. At the foot of the bed rests a closed iron chest, is lid sculpted with an emblem. A wooden ladder leads up to a trapdoor in the ceiling. Thin streams of water drip

. Teleport Destination Characters who teleport to this location from area K78 arrive in the middle of the room. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is here, it is inside

Amenities

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

taxes rendered to the city — although an egregious amount of trash left for pickup does result in a separate bill from the guild. Another amenity soon appreciated by visitors is Waterdeep’s water system

. With public fountains and wells all about the city, clean water is plentiful. Many buildings have pumps of their own to draw water from the local supply, and some even possess taps that pour out water

S4. Pool and Shrine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

Markovia. Its waters defy corruption, and anyone who drinks from it for the first time gains the benefit of a lesser restoration spell. (The water once had even greater magic but has weakened over

the years.) The water otherwise tastes sweet and fresh. The gazebo is so frail that it wouldn’t take more than a strong wind to knock it over. It remains standing because it’s protected from the

Draw Players' Attention

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

draws the players’ attention. Give them just enough to invite further exploration, but don’t create the equivalent of a flashing neon sign reading “This way to adventure!” When using narration to guide

? Perhaps the left path smells of rot and decay, while the faint sound of lapping water comes from the right. These details give players more information to make an informed decision without explicitly

Strahd's Enemy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

Strahd’s Enemy Drawn from the high deck, the fourth card in the card reading determines the location of an NPC who can improve the characters’ chances of defeating Strahd. (Some cards offer two

character he or she can see. Each of the NPCs described in this section has a role to play in the adventure, even if that individual isn’t indicated in the card reading. For the one so designated, however

Arcana Tables

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

against Detection and Location 02 Baba Yaga’s Dancing Broom 03–05 Bag of Holding 06–07 Bag of Tricks 08 Brooch of Shielding 09 Broom of Flying 10 Cap of Water Breathing 11 Circlet of Blasting 12–13

Cloak of Protection 14 Cloak of the Manta Ray 15 Decanter of Endless Water 16 Deck of Illusions 17–18 Driftglobe 19–20 Dust of Disappearance 21 Dust of Dryness 22 Dust of Sneezing and Choking 23–24

Battle Prawn Challenge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

long cutting stations containing bundles of foot-long green beans. The other side holds a pool-sized glass tank filled with water. The water churns as large, shadowy shapes move within. The western

half of the arena holds the cooking implements and ingredients needed to prepare the shrimp cakes. The eastern half contains a 10-foot-tall tank of water and several gigantic jagged koi prawns. Steps at

11. Scriptorium

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

the writings must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. Success indicates that the character recognizes the danger and stops reading. Failure indicates the character absorbs the power of the fiendish lore

, haste, protection from energy, water breathing, Evard’s black tentacles, fire shield, wall of fire, hold monster, chain lightning, and disintegrate. Access to Arauthator’s Lair Near the western end

11. Scriptorium

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

the writings must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. Success indicates that the character recognizes the danger and stops reading. Failure indicates the character absorbs the power of the fiendish lore

, haste, protection from energy, water breathing, Evard’s black tentacles, fire shield, wall of fire, hold monster, chain lightning, and disintegrate. Access to Arauthator’s Lair Near the western end

U5. Marina's Monument

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

. Carved into the monument’s base is an epitaph. The epitaph reads as follows: Marina, Taken by the Mists. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is here, it is hidden in a cavity

crickets fall silent, and the stench of decay grows strong. You hear the trudge of heavy footsteps through mud and water as bloated gray shapes shamble out of the fog. Seven distended human corpses

Interesting Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

water down her ale, but some say she’s the Ghallanda patriarch’s heir. The warforged bouncer Bumper keeps the rowdiest students under control. Golden Horn. This wealthy inn includes a library, a few

students. Honors. The counterbalance to Detention, Honors is both bar, bookstore, and reading room. Many of the more respectable faculty members take their meals in Honors, and it’s a good place to find a debate on the cosmology of Eberron or the morality of the Last War.

Underground Cave

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

. Characters who spend 5 minutes or more reading the notebooks and who succeed on a DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation) check piece together that Murgaxor is conducting his life-draining ritual in the

U4, and she investigates. U4. Living Area A copper basin on a wrought-iron stand rests on the floor in the middle of this cave. A pool of smelly water fills the cave’s northwest corner. Murgaxor

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

security. Only the most vetted of humanoid guards are allowed in the Counting House’s depths. Instead, stone golems patrol the twisting lower corridors, while water elementals circle the outside in

always looking to hire daring “investigative reporters” willing to investigate rumors of strange happenings or procure proof of corruption by the city’s elite. Even just reading the broadsheet can

(Mis)Fortune

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

along one side of the town. Its water is a strange phosphorescent green color. The characters can wander around the town as desired, but the only thing that greets them is the wind blowing through

be seen in typical numbers. A successful DC 14 Intelligence (Nature) check turns up no signs of physical damage consistent with a battle that could have leveled the town. Questionable River. The water

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

to lesser security. Only the most vetted of humanoid guards are allowed in the Counting House’s depths. Instead, stone golems patrol the twisting lower corridors, while water elementals circle the

always looking to hire daring “investigative reporters” willing to investigate rumors of strange happenings or procure proof of corruption by the city’s elite. Even just reading the broadsheet can

4. Myconid Colony

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

occasional gargoyle attack, however. The myconids provide strangers with food, water, shelter, and safe passage through their small domain. 4a. Melding Cave Most of the myconids live in this cave, the

offers the characters a potion of mind reading and a potion of superior healing. Each potion is held in a clay gourd and hidden inside a hollowed-out trillimac (see “Fungi”). 4c. Quaggoth Spore Servants

The Darkening

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising

The Darkening At the beginning of the adventure, set the scene by reading following boxed text aloud: For the last few moon cycles, a war has waged among those who dwell above the waves. The lands

with coral. No other creatures can be seen within the darkness, and the silence here is broken only by the turbulence of the water around you. A group consisting of two sahuagin blademasters, two

Gauntlet

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

places a hand into the impression, the water column flows backward for the next 10 minutes. Creatures that enter the column are gently ushered up to area P65. P58: Reading Room The walls, ceiling, and

and majestic, rising at a slight angle toward the south. Wall torches light four flights of stairs that connect wide landings. Water thunders in torrents past both sides of the stairs and underneath

U2. Ulrich Mansion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

experience points for the ghost only if they lay Ulrich’s spirit to rest, not if they defeat the ghost in combat. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is hidden in Berez

wooden beams, and a floor submerged under 3 inches of stagnant water. The cellar contains two dozen empty, rotted casks from the Wizard of Wines winery. Each cask is labeled Champagne du le Stomp

Strahd von Zarovich

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

understand his personality and goals. Although Strahd can be encountered almost anywhere in his domain, the vampire is always encountered in the place indicated by the card reading in chapter 1, unless

appears in a location other than his tomb or the place indicated by the card reading, roll a d20 and consult the Strahd’s Minions table to determine what creatures he brings with him, if any. Strahd’s

Court of Orestes Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

and posts supporting a rectangular slab roughly four feet wide and six feet high. The water here is roughly 30 feet wide and 2 feet deep. Though the river can be easily forded, the shallow waters

niches lie small bits of jewelry, gold teeth, or ancient coins, with each haul worth 2d4 gp. 4. Flooded Catacomb The stairs descend into a burial chamber partially flooded with muddy water. Ancient stone

Storm Giant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Resistances cold Damage Immunities lightning, thunder Senses passive Perception 19 Languages Common, Giant Challenge 13 (10,000 XP) Amphibious. The giant can breathe air and water. Actions

weather (cast as 1 action), water breathing Storm giants are contemplative seers that live in places far removed from mortal civilization. Most have pale purple-gray skin and hair, and glittering

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