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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
You conjure up a sphere of water with a 5-foot radius at a point you can see within range. The sphere can hover but no more than 10 feet off the ground. The sphere remains for the spell’s
sphere and is engulfed by the water. At the end of each of its turns, a restrained target can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success.
The sphere can restrain as many as
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
without squeezing. Each foot of movement in water costs it 2 extra feet, rather than 1 extra foot. The mist can’t manipulate objects in any way that requires fingers or manual dexterity.
Sunlight
, insatiable thirst for blood remains.
Indistinguishable from fog aside from the charnel reek it exudes, a vampiric mist descends on a creature and causes the blood in the creature’s body to ooze
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. The water’s edge on the map represents the lip of the shelf, which descends to a dark plain twelve hundred feet below.
Coral Reef. The rocky cliff side depicts the contours of a coral reef that
Amphibious. The dragon turtle can breathe air and water
Blessing of the Sea (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the dragon turtle would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Underground River. A river flows along the right and bottom edges of the map, providing the dragon with fresh water and an alternative entrance. Originating on the surface, the river descends through narrow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
is submerged beneath a foot of water!
The spiral staircase descends about 100 feet before ending in area 1. Sensitive characters will feel it thrumming to a continuous low vibration (this vibration
from the Plume geyser will be noticeable everywhere in the dungeon). In the humidity, lamps and torches will burn fitfully and give off a lot of smoke. Floating on the water are splotches of green and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
hanging near the northwest opening to area 9. The chamber is empty. Only the sound of dripping water comes from the direction of areas 3 and area 9. Steps to the northwest descend 5 feet to area 9. Steps
to the southeast ascend 5 feet to a passage that descends again 5 feet to area 3. A search for muddy footprints accompanied by a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check reveals that only bullywugs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
hanging near the northwest opening to area 9. The chamber is empty. Only the sound of dripping water comes from the direction of areas 3 and 9. Steps to the northwest descend 5 feet to area 9. Steps to the
southeast ascend 5 feet to a passage that descends again 5 feet to area 3. A search for muddy footprints accompanied by a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check reveals that only bullywugs use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
20. Underground River An underground river opens before you. Stalactites hang low over its surface, and dripping water echoes in the dark.
The river links various sections of the complex. The water
varies between 5 and 30 feet deep, and the current isn’t strong enough to present a hazard to swimmers. To the north and south, the river descends into submerged tunnels that spread for miles under
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Watery Sphere 4th-level conjuration Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S, M (a droplet of water) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You conjure up a sphere of water with a 5
the saving throw automatically, and a Large or smaller creature can choose to fail it. On a failed save, a creature is restrained by the sphere and is engulfed by the water. At the end of each of its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Watery Sphere 4th-level conjuration Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S, M (a droplet of water) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You conjure up a sphere of water with a 5
the saving throw automatically, and a Large or smaller creature can choose to fail it. On a failed save, a creature is restrained by the sphere and is engulfed by the water. At the end of each of its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
3. Slanted Room A secret door opens to reveal an empty 10-foot-square cubicle with a 5-foot-wide tunnel of rough-hewn stone leading away from it. The tunnel descends slightly until it reaches a room
that smells like a sewer. The room contains the following features: Flood. The floor of the room tilts — its west end is 6 feet lower than its east end. Foul sewer water covers the floor, barely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
(primarily mice, squirrels, and the like). The well shaft, which descends 20 feet, still contains clean water. Fed by an aquifer; the well offers no access to the house nor the caverns below it. If
rotted wooden roof of a water well rises out of the tall grass.
The house is 35 feet tall from ground level to roof peak; the roof is gabled and has several holes where the slate shingles are missing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Wind Walk 6th-level transmutation Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 30 feet Components: V, S, M (fire and holy water) Duration: 8 hours You and up to ten willing creatures you can see within range assume
creature can revert to cloud form, which also requires the 1-minute transformation. If a creature is in cloud form and flying when the effect ends, the creature descends 60 feet per round for 1 minute
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
25. Well and Cultist Quarters A 4-foot-diameter well shaft with a 3-foot-high stone lip descends 30 feet to a water-filled cistern. A wooden bucket hangs from a rope-and-pulley mechanism bolted to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Wind Walk 6th-level transmutation Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 30 feet Components: V, S, M (fire and holy water) Duration: 8 hours You and up to ten willing creatures you can see within range assume
creature can revert to cloud form, which also requires the 1-minute transformation. If a creature is in cloud form and flying when the effect ends, the creature descends 60 feet per round for 1 minute
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
up in the water within 20 feet of the rowboat tries to swim toward it and board, attacking anyone who offers resistance. Round 20 At the start of round 20, the ship sinks. Anyone aboard must swim to safety. The ship descends 3d20 feet at the start of each subsequent round until it hits bottom.
need to make this saving throw. From this time on, a character who falls prone slides 10 feet toward the port side. Round 3 As the octopus crushes the ship, water pours through the hull and fills area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
into weightless globs as the ravenous monster descends from above.
Big Momma Big Momma, a void scavver (see Boo’s Astral Menagerie), starts the encounter 40 feet from the characters’ jolly boat
Topolah’s asteroid and the Second Wind. Unlike the jolly boat, Big Momma flies through space like a fish through water and can move in any direction. Belly of the Beast If slain, Big Momma regurgitates a partially digested dwarf skeleton wearing a fish suit (see the Astral Adventurer’s Guide).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
descends from the ceiling above the altar, splitting in two before it embeds itself into the stone.
The smiling figure depicted in the frescoes is the chaotic evil storm god Talos, who can be
shipwrecks jutting up from the water. Altar. The lightning rod on the roof (area T8) channels electricity into the altar, which converts that raw elemental power into magical energy. The first
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Beneath the Waves Schools of silvery fish swarm around the characters as they descend through the first few hundred feet of the Nightsea. Life in the sunlight zone begins to thin as the water changes
, review the rules for underwater combat in the Player’s Handbook. Death Helms a Ghost Ship After the party descends approximately 3,000 feet, the character who has the highest passive Wisdom (Perception
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Tier 3 Locations The top tier of the gardens, which is shown on Map: The Garden of Everflowing Springs, is called the Garden of Everflowing Springs. It holds the unending sources of the water that
flows through the ziggurat, and it imprisons the genie responsible for keeping the water flowing. G24: High Terrace The cherry trees here are in various states of bloom, with some covered in white
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
. Sacks and crates of looted provisions are piled up in the south end of this large cave. To the west, the floor slopes toward a narrow opening that descends into darkness. A larger opening leads north
down a set of natural stone steps, the roar of falling water echoing from beyond. In the middle of the cavern, the coals of a large fire smolder.
Klarg the bugbear shares this cave with his mangy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
hull, rigging, spars, and sails are all damp with sea water.
Deliberate attempts to set the ship ablaze can be undertaken only while aboard it. This involves the use of at least two flasks of oil
on the area and attack any intruders. If the hole is completed, the ship takes on water and sinks after an hour if the hole remains unrepaired.
Crow’s Nest This area is not shown on the map but is
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
edges of the map, providing the dragon with fresh water and an alternative entrance. Originating on the surface, the river descends through narrow tunnels that eventually lead to the Underdark.
Hoard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
duergar in a keelboat 4 1 green hag 5 1 grell 6–7 1d6 + 2 ixitxachitl (see appendix C) 8 1d4 kuo-toa in a keelboat 9 1d4 merrow 10 3d6 stirges 11 1 swarm of quippers 12 1 water weird Aquatic Troll An
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
entrances, they find a natural chimney (a 5-foot-diameter shaft) that descends 50 feet to area 7. The chimney has abundant handholds and can be climbed with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics
no light sources. The goblins and ogres rely on their darkvision to see.
Dripping Water. The caves get their name from the water that constantly drips from the stalactites in the main cavern (area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Landgrave’s Folly The temple at Landgrave’s Folly, shown in map 8.4, is in ruins and under 40 feet or more of water, though its weed-encrusted spire extends above the ocean surface even at high tide
. The characters can’t proceed into the temple without some means of breathing underwater, such as caps of water breathing or the potions found in area T6. Potions of water breathing are also readily
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
, 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
down the chute using crampons or some other device to grip the wall. Other characters can climb down only with ropes, pitons, and other climbing gear. The chute descends 60 feet to the roof of area 19
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
ocean floor at a depth of 100 feet, which is coated in a soft layer of fine sediment. The water around the lair is clear but dimly lit. The water’s edge on the map represents the lip of the shelf, which
descends to a dark plain twelve hundred feet below. Coral Reef. The rocky cliff side depicts the contours of a coral reef that rises 80 feet above the shelf. The exterior face of the reef is covered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
inside descends 120 feet to the catacombs below. Characters who search the surface area and succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Nature or Investigation) check discern that a nearby saltwater lake has been
recently disturbed: mud is splattered around the shore as though a wave of water was violently displaced here. The lake is very deep and connects via a murky underwater tunnel to the pool in area E8 of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
shaft descends 90 feet to an underground stream that provides no access to other locations in Undermountain.)
Magic caused all the kitchen’s accoutrements to take flight and crash into one another
components (for the indicated spells): a vial of blood, a strip of flesh, and a pinch of bone dust (animate dead); a clay pot of grave dirt, a clay pot of brackish water, and three 150 gp black onyx
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
players when their characters reach the lowest level of Bel’s fortress: A wrought iron spiral staircase descends into a cavernous forge. Channels of bubbling lava wind through the complex, casting fiery
containing oily water, coils of greasy chain, mounds of iron filings, and more. The fire giants’ names are Drumra, Jalt, Rosska, and Zrakorn. While chained, the giants have a walking speed of 10 feet. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
, 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
down the chute using crampons or some other device to grip the wall. Other characters can climb down only with ropes, pitons, and other climbing gear. The chute descends 60 feet to the roof of area 19
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
, the character spots an iron grate in the street that wasn’t closed properly. Lifting it reveals an iron ladder that descends 10 feet to an underground sewer tunnel. Characters who lower themselves
into the tunnel can hear the sounds of splashing water and children’s voices in the distance and might decide to follow them. (The children are holding hands in the dark and being guided by Squiddly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, insatiable thirst for blood remains. Indistinguishable from fog aside from the charnel reek it exudes, a vampiric mist descends on a creature and causes the blood in the creature’s body to ooze through
droplets wherever it goes. Like sharks in water, vampiric mists can scent blood from up to a mile away. Any injury, no matter how small, might catch their attention and draw them toward their victims. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
undersea fortress of King Hekaton is carved into a reef. Four rocky towers covered in barnacles and coral reach upward, and between them is a large sinkhole that descends into the heart of the fortress. A
beneath the Trackless Sea, it isn’t entirely filled with water. The general features of the undersea stronghold are summarized here.
Air-Filled and Submerged Areas. Many chambers and corridors are