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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
chandelier is a dead giant spider.
19b. Old Bedchamber Dead Spider. A dead giant spider, its body shot full of arrows and scorched by fire, lies next to a broken wooden bed against the east wall
starved to death. The skeleton is clad in a chain shirt and wears a ring of swimming on one bony finger. Characters who search the armoire also find an explorer’s pack (minus water and rations). 19c
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
determines that the man died of exhaustion. This was Philpert, a member of the Firewatch Island hermitage who escaped the drowned ones’ attack by swimming three miles of open sea. Sadly, his exhausted
body gave out just a short distance from land, and his corpse washed up on the beach with the next tide. If speak with dead is used to communicate with the body, it initially produces incoherent rambling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
on small characters they can swallow. Frogs move into and out of this area by swimming through a passage that opens below the water level in the southeast corner of the pool. Characters can deduce this
length is 300 feet. At 80 feet from the entrance in this pool, the tunnel branches; the left branch leads to the surface and the right branch extends 50 feet to a dead-end. In the pitch blackness, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Tales d6 Tale
1 “The farmers at Leilon Point have seen more shark fins in the water lately. Some even claim to see humanoids swimming alongside the sharks! Can you imagine?” (If the
the attacks, see “Iniarv’s Tower” for more information.)
4 “A few hunters came by saying to avoid Kryptgarden Forest, the dead are walking around there!”
5 “Did you hear about the bronze
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
on small characters they can swallow. Frogs move into and out of this area by swimming through a passage that opens below the water level in the southeast corner of the pool. Characters can deduce this
length is 300 feet. At 80 feet from the entrance in this pool, the tunnel branches; the left branch leads to the surface and the right branch extends 50 feet to a dead-end. In the pitch blackness, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
. Ilvaash wants to punish the characters’ friends as much as the characters themselves. The characters can quell these attacks only by finding and draining the Shallows of Sudden Thought, a miles-wide dead
lake similar to the Briny Pool in chapter 8. There, a kraken named Ghaluzesh directs the attacks against the characters. Ghaluzesh is invulnerable while swimming in the waters of the Shallows of Sudden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
the summoned familiar with a measure of your eldritch power, granting the creature the following benefits: The familiar gains either a flying speed or a swimming speed (your choice) of 40 feet. As a
and push it up to 10 feet away from the talisman’s wearer. Undying Servitude Prerequisite: 5th-level warlock You can cast animate dead without using a spell slot. Once you do so, you can’t cast it in this way again until you finish a long rest.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
the rear of the contraption is a closed, three-foot-square steel hatch. Two dead gnomes in armor lie on the floor next to the vehicle and a puddle of oil.
The dead gnomes are two mimics that attack
give it a walking speed of 30 feet. Burrowing Speed. Instead of a swimming speed, it has a burrowing speed of 10 feet. Using its drill, it can burrow through solid rock, leaving a 10-foot-wide, 10-foot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
young bronze dragon, Zelifarn, swimming around a barnacle-covered shipwreck at the bottom of the deep harbor. The friendly dragon tries to coax as much treasure as it can from the characters. Those
: Each Gray Hand character gains 2 renown. Every character who participated in the raid receives a potion of resistance. In addition, Vajra covers the cost of any raise dead spells needed to bring back dead characters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
appear to be swimming upstream, away from the basin. Close examination of these carvings reveals that the fish can be rotated. The first time all the fish are turned so that they appear to be swimming
downstream, a hidden valve in the basin opens and fills the container with 50 gallons of fresh water. Swimming in the water is a tiny emerald fish. Treasure. The emerald fish swims around the basin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
creatures without a swimming speed, each foot of movement costs 2 extra feet as they swim out of the pit. Disturbed Dead. If a creature falls into one of the pits, it disturbs the dead buried in the vault
killed by Duskwalker—but from this distance, characters can tell only that the soldiers are motionless, not that they’re dead. P2: Wooded Berm The trees here stand shoulder to shoulder, forming a violet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
wall of force, the pressure of the water will push open the door and the water will rush into the corridor beyond, pulling along any swimming characters and miscellaneous debris nearby. The water will
accustomed to live food, and will ignore dead meat or other nonliving sustenance. They consider any living creature that enters their domain as food, and will attempt to eat it. No creatures inhabit the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
aquatic troll swims up from the depths. It has the abilities of a normal troll, but can also breathe water and has a swimming speed of 30 feet. Darkmantles These creatures cling to the ceiling as the
Keelboat Cargo d20 Cargo 1–15 None 16–17 1d4 nets; each net has a 50 percent chance of containing 3d6 dead, edible quippers 18–19 1d4 nets; each net has a 50 percent chance of containing 1d4 living
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
pounds (1 gp each). A successful DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals a thin platinum ring of swimming in the dust under a workbench, where it fell and was forgotten. V2. Stonemason’s Workshop
5 feet above the ground, filled with dead leaves and empty nut shells. Treasure. Within the hollow rests a delicate necklace: a thumb-sized platinum oval pendant threaded on a thin chain (20 gp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
mad kuo-toa. You see a kuo-toa swimming in the gloomy depths of a dark, subterranean lake, uncertain. It turns left and right, trying to find something, even as it’s surrounded by a fanged creatures
flayers gather around an enormous brain resting in a pool. The brain is dead. You can hear the illithids’ incomprehensible thoughts as they mourn its passing. One word echoes louder than the others
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
hidden, Sgothgah uses its lair action to cast phantasmal force to make it appear to the characters that the dead shark has reanimated and is swimming through the air to attack them. Until one of the
-dead builder) is the only approach to the temple’s entrance. The skum lurking in the ship’s prow (area T3) keep an eye on the bridge and respond to any intruders. T2. Galley Pier The main deck of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Characters. If the characters are 2nd level, add a third zombie to this encounter. C5: Galley A long-dead, headless skeleton sits propped up against a counter to the right, but the galley is otherwise empty
gaping hole in the stern of the ship. Tiny fish dart among hunks of debris and cargo.
See “Climbing, Swimming, and Crawling” and “Suffocating” in “The Environment” in the Basic Rules as the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
fane. Two water weirds lurk in the pool and guard the area for the cult. They attack anyone approaching the water who fails to give the water cult’s hand sign. The pool is 20 feet deep. Swimming in the
without a swimming speed that moves into the stream for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must succeed on a DC 10 Strength saving throw or be swept 40 feet downstream. Swimming against
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
and 2d6 cultists of Evil Water (all with swimming speeds of 30 feet and the ability to breathe water), with 1d2 chuuls (attitude for all: 1d4 +1)
3 1 rime hulk* (attitude: 1d6) wailing and
water elemental myrmidons† (attitude: 1d6 + 2) barring a passage or portal
12 1 leviathan† (attitude: 1d8) swimming through an exceptionally high tide
†Monsters marked with a dagger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
attacking the clockwork behind them can have the same effect. 6. Swimming Pool The double doors to this huge chamber are covered in clockwork that functions as a lock. A successful DC 20 Dexterity check
of the casino assume that anyone entering Lottie’s private domain is either invited or is soon to be dead, and pay no mind to characters breaking in. The floor of this room is covered in red tiles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. They have darkvision out to 60 feet. They have a swimming speed of 30 feet and can breathe air and water. Ishvern Stargazer Ishvern Ishvern (neutral good, sea elf scout), the de facto leader of the
. Secret Door. This crypt is seemingly a dead end. A character who has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 20 or higher notices the secret door if they come within 5 feet of it. The detect magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
he fermented into a unique wine. The other residents knew to give a wide berth to the vines, which attack anyone (except the now-dead druid) that comes within their reach. Anyone who ascends the west
bay, never swimming. They did not see the shipwreck during the storm, and know only the that the walkers came from the general direction of the Pit of Hatred. They eagerly give the characters directions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
ghost can tell that it’s weeping silently as it “writes.” This giant is doomed to spend eternity penning a farewell letter to its long-dead lover. The ghost defends itself if attacked but otherwise
, Primordial, Sahuagin, and Undercommon. He has 144 hit points, resistance to acid damage, a swimming speed of 30 feet, and the ability to breathe air and water. He has prepared the conjure elemental
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
pool as a Search action can make a DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. On a success, the character discerns that the pool leads into an underground tunnel. The tunnel leads to area B11. Swimming through
to those who defy the dragon’s rule. Speaking with Brandle. If a character casts Speak with Dead, the gruff-voiced skull of Captain Brandle answers questions as best it can. Brandle knows that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
sense. For now, the tunnel leads only to a dead end. If the characters draw attention to themselves with light or noise, the pechs investigate. The pechs are initially indifferent toward the characters
fine dust. This dust can be used in area L21 to destroy the cage in the lake or prove that Kashem is dead. Illusory Finery. The room’s furnishings and inhabitants are convincing, genie-wrought
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
is perhaps the most dangerous location in the region. The trees remain standing, but they long ago lost their foliage and are little more than dead, rotting timbers projecting out of the mud
encountered in the river have swimming speeds equal to their normal speeds and can breathe both air and water. Random Encounters. The Dunwater River Random Encounters table provides ideas for the sort of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
dead-ends in a long cavern where only the distant sound of the falls echoes off the walls. Nets divide the cavern, spanning the distance between pairs of stalagmites jutting above the water.
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completely submerged. It has no trouble pursuing prey that plunges over the waterfall to the east. Reinforcements. The kuo-toa in area P5 come to the aboleth’s defense if they aren’t already dead. Treasure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
) are diligently carving a tunnel from this grotto up into the mountain toward an enclosed cavern they can sense. For now, the tunnel leads only to a dead end. If the characters draw attention with light
disintegrates into a pile of fine dust. This dust can be used in area L20 to destroy the cage in the lake or prove that Kashem is dead. Treasure. None of the treasure is real. Coins and precious objects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
is a dead intellect snare (see appendix A) that once lurked in this area. (The characters might have fought an intellect snare in Talhundereth in chapter 6.) The intellect snare ambushed the githyanki
, but they don’t share this with the characters.) Brain Monster. A hulking, brain-shaped creature roams the area on the other side of the Briny Maze, just past some dead duergar and spiderwebs. Maze
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
statuette of an imp with onyx eyes worth 180 gp, and a ring of swimming. G4. Bewildering Crystals This cave is a forest of glowing crystals, which grow like foliage on slender stone columns that make it
difficult to gauge the chamber’s true size. Slumped against one of the columns is a dead man wearing a stone breastplate.
Any creature entering the cave for the first time on a turn or starting its turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
and Finder of Trails. Besilmer dwarves revered these gods as watchers over their dead. The air cultists started exploring the tombs, but they suspended their exploration after ghoul attacks. They and
waterfall. At the start of its turn, a creature swimming in the westernmost stretch of the moat is pulled 20 feet toward the chasm by the current unless it succeeds on a DC 15 Strength (Athletics
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, the dead guards are replaced by troops from areas K8 or area K20. If those guards are killed too, it takes Grimjaw 1d4 + 1 days to get reinforcements and replace the gate guards. During this period
across the entrance.
The heavy chain raised and lowered by the winch in area K9 provides Rivergard’s defenders with the ability to block boats from entering or leaving. A swimming character can easily
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
. Slime Pools These pools bubble with a dark green slime and are 15 feet deep. Swimming through the viscous slime requires a successful DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check. A creature that fails this check
. Treasure. Claugiyliamatar’s treasure hoard contains a +2 war pick, a wand of magic detection, a spell scroll of speak with dead, seven emeralds worth 1,000 gp each, 1,339 pp, and 14,235 gp. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Bavlorna stuffs dead creatures and stitches them together to create chimeric horrors. Crate. Bavlorna’s name is scrawled on one side of the crate. Lifting the lid releases a harmless swarm of flies
, and materials Stray cutlery (all from different sets) Unopened love letters (not written or addressed to Bavlorna, but to long-dead people with whom Bavlorna has had dealings) Old, frayed, coiled-up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
diabolists bound a chain devil to this room long ago. She dimly remembers her name is Vakketar. When the mind flayers routed the duergar, they blasted Vakketar’s mind and left her for dead. The chain devil
for creatures without a swimming speed. Four chuuls lurk here, alert for prey entering from any direction. They know about the secret door in the south wall (see below), but they also know that a