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Curse of Strahd
succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the blight is animate.
Siege Monster. The blight deals double damage to objects and structures.Multiattack. The blight makes one
or more slashing damage to it on one attack. Cutting the root doesn’t hurt the blight but ends the grapple.Blights (as described in the Monster Manual) are evil, ambulatory plant creatures, and
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the blight is animate.
Spider Climb. The blight can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make
avoid razorvine, a creeping plant named for its prickly stems and cutting leaves. While razorvine is normally a mere environmental nuisance or deterrent, razorvine that absorbs the blood of a vampiric
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
by dealing 15 or more slashing damage to it on one attack. Cutting the root doesn’t hurt the cradle but ends the grapple.
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(Athletics) check. On a successful check, the buried creature no longer has the prone or restrained conditions.A slumbering scion of Grolantor is often mistaken for a hill, and sometimes people erect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
rolled on an attack roll or ability check before using Cutting Words, or should they always guess? If used on a damage roll, does Cutting Words apply to any kind of damage roll including an auto-hit
spell like magic missile? You can wait to use Cutting Words after the roll, but you must commit to doing so before you know for sure whether the total of the roll or check is a success or a failure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
11. Bridge A 70-foot-long, 10-foot-wide sloped bridge used to connect the village bailey to the motte. However, a falling rock struck the bridge and destroyed a 15-foot-long section of it, cutting
difficult by the fact that the bridge is sloped: A creature jumping from the lower part of the bridge to the higher part must succeed on a DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check to land on its feet. On a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
effects of a Guidance spell makes an ability check using the skill chosen as part of the spell’s casting and also has a Bardic Inspiration die, it can roll both 1d4 and 1d6 if it so chooses. If used
on a damage roll, does a College of Lore Bard’s Cutting Words apply to any kind of damage roll including an auto-hit spell like Magic Missile? You can use Cutting Words to reduce the damage from any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
and bite a creature caught in its roots. The roots of a tree blight can be severed, though cutting them causes the blight no harm. Blight Animosity. A tree blight will often fight alongside other kinds
act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the blight is animate.
Siege Monster. The blight deals double damage to objects and structures.
Actions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
4. Kitchen and Pantry The kitchen (area 4A) is tidy, with dishware, cookware, and utensils neatly placed on shelves. A worktable has a cutting board and rolling pin atop it. A stone, dome-shaped oven
tiny brass bell attached by wires to buttons in those other areas. A Small character can squeeze into the elevator box with a successful DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. The dumbwaiter’s rope-and-pulley mechanism can support 200 pounds of weight before breaking.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, unravel lies, and poke fun at self-important figures of authority. Bonus Proficiencies When you join the College of Lore at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with three skills of your choice. Cutting Words
roll, an ability check, or a damage roll, you can use your reaction to expend one of your uses of Bardic Inspiration, rolling a Bardic Inspiration die and subtracting the number rolled from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
, unravel lies, and poke fun at self-important figures of authority. Bonus Proficiencies When you join the College of Lore at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with three skills of your choice. Cutting Words
roll, an ability check, or a damage roll, you can use your reaction to expend one of your uses of Bardic Inspiration, rolling a Bardic Inspiration die and subtracting the number rolled from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Dexterity (Acrobatics) check to avoid falling off. An adventurer who reaches an egg cluster and has a suitable cutting tool (such as a dagger, sword, or axe) can carefully hack an egg out in 2d4 minutes
spend in this room, check for a random encounter by rolling a d20 and consulting the Egg Chamber Encounters table. Egg Chamber Encounters d20 Encounter 1–15 No encounter 16–18 1 giant spider from area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
; it takes a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check to notice them. After twenty steps, the stairs turn into a narrow path that follows switchbacks up the wall of the gorge. The characters must
character who is looking for traps instead finds the tripwire with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check. If the tripwire is sprung, it tumbles one boulder along with a rush of smaller stones and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
: Cutting Words You learn to use your wit to supernaturally distract, confuse, and otherwise sap the confidence and competence of others. When a creature that you can see within 60 feet of yourself
makes a damage roll or succeeds on an ability check or attack roll, you can take a Reaction to expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration; roll your Bardic Inspiration die, and subtract the number rolled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Razorvine Blight Travelers of Sigil and the Lower Planes take care to avoid razorvine, a creeping plant named for its prickly stems and cutting leaves. While razorvine is normally a mere
observed the blight move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the blight is animate.
Spider Climb. The blight can climb difficult surfaces
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
for Prince Simbon” section, Simbon speaks out against Kirina, cutting through his excuses. If they didn’t, a character must succeed on a DC 12 Charisma (Intimidation or Persuasion) check to undermine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
since there are so few creatures in the Upside Down, the only source is the characters themselves. Using a weapon carefully, a character can do minor damage (cutting their palm) causing 1 hp of
characters don’t want to spill their own blood, they can stalk the demogorgon, but this is very difficult. One character should try a DC 15 Wisdom (Survival) check for the group. If this is successful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
guard at the center of the bridge, scanning in all directions.
Each bridge is guarded by an infernal force tasked with cutting off any assistance between the east and west sides of the city. Each
bridge can be activated to produce a radiant energy harmful to fiends and undead. A character touching the bridge who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Religion) check as an action can speak the proper
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
them with bright, colorful murals that include large spheres of different colors. Other artisans work at stone cutting. Watching over them all is a massive four-armed girallon, helping to light the area
entrance to the passageway. A successful DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check identifies the chanting as belonging to some sort of ritual involving enchantment magic. Treasure The girallon wears a golden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the mound moving or acting, that creature must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to discern that the mound is animate. Granny Nightshade
earlier took a cutting from the shambling mound’s root stem, binding it to her service. If a character uses a speak with plants spell to communicate with the shambling mound, it tells the character that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Restrained by the trap can free itself by cutting the rope or by slipping out with a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. If the trap is triggered, the noise alerts the ogre in area E2, who
follows: Detect and Disable. As a Search action, a character can examine the carcass and make a DC 13 Wisdom (Perception) check, detecting the trap on a successful check. Once detected, the trap can
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
the area and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check finds a door disguised to blend with the surrounding stone. This 5-foot-wide, 10-foot-tall stone door opens into a hallway that ends at another
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
32. Rotating Crawlways Any character searching for traps or secret doors in this tunnel notices a narrow seam in the stonework with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. This seam marks one
end of a 25-foot-long section of crawlway (marked “Tunnel A” on map 5.3) that rotates. If the check succeeds by 5 or more, the character can deduce that the seam represents a point where two sections
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
DC 5 Charisma check. Success means no one remembers the character’s face, but failure means that at some time (not necessarily immediately, but when recognition would be the most dramatic), someone in
first day, they find it more difficult, since there’s very little traffic in and out of the camp on a normal day. They’ll need a good story and a successful DC 10 Charisma (Deception) check to walk past
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
a DC 5 Charisma check. Success means no one remembers the character’s face, but failure means that at some time (not necessarily immediately, but when recognition would be the most dramatic), someone
first day, they find it more difficult, since there’s very little traffic in and out of the camp on a normal day. They’ll need a good story and a successful DC 10 Charisma (Deception) check to walk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
threads can be cut only by a magic sword. Cutting a thread causes it to disappear but also causes an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”) to momentarily appear between the statue’s hands. This elder rune
minute. The doors are not locked from the other side and can be opened from area 19 without a rod-key. The locked doors can also be opened with a knock spell or similar magic, or forced open with a successful DC 28 Strength (Athletics) check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
open pits.
This area is noisy with the sounds of hammering and stone cutting coming from the west (areas 8 and 10). If the umber hulks are digging, a rumbling can also be heard to the east. But even
fire damage. It has darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. It speaks Common and Infernal. A successful DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check made by any character looking over the pigments being prepared
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
) check to discern that the blight is animate.
Siege Monster. The blight deals double damage to objects and structures.
Actions
Multiattack. The blight makes one Branch attack and one Grasping Root
severed by dealing 6 or more slashing damage to it on one attack. Cutting the root doesn’t hurt the blight but ends the grapple.
Bonus Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature grappled by the blight. Hit: 19 (3d8 + 6) piercing damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
resemble large fish with humanoid torsos and arms, though their forms vary widely. Merrow are often capable warriors, but most prefer to duel with cutting words before resorting to physical violence. To
mimicries can tell they are imitations with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check.
Actions
Multiattack. The merrow makes three Spined Tail attacks. It can replace one of these attacks with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
organized. A shelf holds a row of pots and pans. On one side of the fireplace, a cutting board and knife rest on a counter. Clean plates and utensils sit on a matching counter on the other side.
The
Dexterity (Stealth) check or wake her up. This check is made with disadvantage if characters made a commotion elsewhere in the hideout. Beneath each cot is an unlocked trunk full of personal belongings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Picking the lock requires a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. The door can also be forced open with a successful DC 18 Strength (Athletics) check. Larder The chamber next to the
the winter and smells of meat and blood. Six half-frozen humanoid carcasses are stacked under a 10-foot-square canvas tarpaulin near the western wall. Thrakkus hasn’t gotten around to cutting them up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
can pass through narrow openings in the wall. Climbing over the wall requires a successful DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check. The wall can be easily broken apart or pushed down, but doing so creates a
successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check. Nothics. Four nothics lurk here (see below).
Equipment. Low-lying stone shelves along the walls are stuffed with crumbling pairs of dwarven boots. Rusty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Dexterity check. Any key that unlocks the kitchen doors also unlocks Mishka’s chains. If Skabatha isn’t present, Mishka tells the characters about the hag’s daily routine and describes Granny
(Athletics) check to shove the creature is made with advantage. The oven is a Large object with AC 13, 30 hit points, vulnerability to cold damage, and immunity to fire, poison, and psychic damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
for Witherbloom students and faculty doing research in Sedgemoor. Moss and fungi harvesting kits can be found here. Each kit weighs 1 pound, consists of various cutting and collecting tools, and
characters arrive in this area, have each of them make a DC 16 Wisdom (Perception) check. Those who succeed notice the waters in this area rippling unnaturally. The muddy Sedgemoor waters suddenly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. When the lever in area 38A is pulled, three hidden locks seal the south door, a wall of stone spell blocks the rectangular hole in the ceiling (cutting off escape to area 38B), and the room begins
, and it takes three separate knock spells to unlock them. The door can also be wrenched open with a successful DC 26 Strength (Athletics) check or attacked. It has AC 17; 50 hit points; and immunity to fire, piercing, poison, psychic, slashing, and thunder damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
has an initiative score, which is a passive Dexterity check: 10 + Dexterity modifier. By cutting down on die rolls, math done on the fly, and the process of asking for and recording totals, you can