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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
when it is supported by a level playing field. Competition measures talent, dedication, and effort. Those factors determine survival in their home territory, not reliance on magic items, money, or other
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
home, the rain your shelter, and the crashing waves your battle cry.
Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Survival
Tool Proficiencies: Vehicles (water, land)
Equipment: A dagger that
difficult and struggle to say the right thing in social situations.
3
My intensity can drive others away.
4
I hold grudges and have difficulty forgiving others.
5
I become irrational when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Survival of the Fittest Among goliaths, any adult who can’t contribute to the tribe is expelled. A lone goliath has little chance of survival, especially an older or weaker one. Goliaths have little
pull his or her weight in the tribe. Typically, such a goliath dies attempting to keep up, or the goliath slips away in the night to seek the cold will of fate. In some ways, the goliath drive to outdo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
gather food and water if the party travels at a normal or slow pace. A foraging character makes a Wisdom (Survival) check. The DC is typically 15, but might be as high as 20 in some parts of the
characters’ need to forage and acquire supplies serves as a motivator to drive them to explore and visit different parts of the Underdark. The more desperate their need becomes — as levels of exhaustion rack up — the more risk players will likely be willing to take.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
pools to track down trespassers and drive them out. Wardens wield weapons and shields fashioned from the husks of giant beetles, snapping turtles, and other mighty creatures. When these tools fail them
Skills Stealth +5, Survival +5
Gear Shield
Senses Passive Perception 11
Languages Common, Draconic, Primordial (Terran)
CR 1 (XP 200; PB +2)
Traits
Hold Breath. The lizardfolk can hold its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
appearance is enough to drive off foes, but if forced to fight, water weirds crush enemies within their fluid coils. Water weirds might protect a site for generations and learn much about their
their pools. Rule 2: Before you drink from a fountain or pool, toss a copper coin into it. It’s a small price to pay for your life!
—X the Mystic’s
Rules of Dungeon Survival
Water Weird Large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
)
INT
10 (+0)
WIS
13 (+1)
CHA
14 (+2)
Skills Persuasion +4, Survival +3
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages Common, Primordial
Challenge 1 (200 XP
over portals, deep sea chasms, and other places where foul monsters might emerge. When such threats appear, the tritons take up arms to drive them from the world.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
70 years old. Alignment. Shifters tend toward neutrality, being more focused on survival than concepts of good and evil. A love of personal freedom can drive shifters toward chaotic alignments. Size
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
70 years old. Alignment. Shifters tend toward neutrality, being more focused on survival than concepts of good and evil. A love of personal freedom can drive shifters toward chaotic alignments. Size
by 1. Natural Tracker. You have proficiency in the Survival skill. Shifting Feature. While shifted, you have advantage on Wisdom checks, and no creature within 30 feet of you can make an attack roll with advantage against you, unless you’re incapacitated.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
damage-dealing spells. The four that remain are indistinguishable from normal zurkhwoods while they remain motionless. The awakened zurkhwoods try to kill or drive off creatures that cause harm to
war pick, three javelins stuck in a felled zurkhwood, and an empty lapis lazuli flask (50 gp). A thorough search of the grove accompanied by a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception or Survival) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, Stealth +4, Survival +5
Senses passive Perception 13
Languages Draconic
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)
Hold Breath. The lizardfolk can hold its breath for 15 minutes.
Actions
Multiattack. The
territorial, they use camouflaged scouts to guard the perimeter of their domain. When unwelcome visitors are detected, a tribe sends a hunting band to harass or drive the trespassers off, or tricks them into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Yakfolk Priest Yakfolk have a drive for learning, particularly when it comes to the secrets of elemental magic and dark knowledge that might serve to corrupt or dominate others. Knowledge that the
, Survival +6
Senses passive Perception 14
Languages Common, Yikaria
Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)
Possession (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The yakfolk attempts to magically possess a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
of food and water has forced one group to abandon their refuge. Spotted by devils, these citizens are about to come under attack, and the characters are their only hope of survival. Read the following
was planning to take her boys to find safety. High Overseer Thavius Kreeg is the leader of the city, and Harkina hopes that he is working on a plan to rescue survivors and drive away the devils. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
fissure at the base of the tree forms a rough, arched entrance into the trunk.
A character who examines the ground around the tree can make a DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) or Wisdom (Survival) check. On a
of 15 or higher notices the spiders readying to attack. As soon as the spiders attack, Rosintar hurls a rock at a random character, then fights viciously to drive the intruders away. If the treant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
second home, the rain your shelter, and the crashing waves your battle cry. Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Survival Tool Proficiencies: Vehicles (water, land) Equipment: A dagger that belonged to a
and unpredictable when I drink. 2 I find civilian life difficult and struggle to say the right thing in social situations. 3 My intensity can drive others away. 4 I hold grudges and have difficulty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
dwarves put special emphasis on diplomacy and trade as key elements in the clan’s survival. They appreciate the value of creating high-quality goods to trade with others, both to enrich the clan and to
. Hill dwarves view their mountain cousins as overly grim shut-ins who refuse to believe that life is anything but a constant battle for survival. Mountain dwarves view their hill-dwelling relatives as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
employees close to her. She employs Sephek Kaltro as a bodyguard and pays four others (neutral evil human bandits) to drive and protect the other two sleds. Torrga is interested only in profits, turns a
)
Skills Perception +5, Survival +5
Damage Immunities cold
Condition Immunities charmed, frightened
Senses passive Perception 15
Languages Common
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Innate Spellcasting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
unoccupied space on the ground within 5 feet of her. The blizzard’s wind keeps her from flying, so the characters’ best hope of survival is to run away and lose themselves in the storm. If this encounter
beast retreats to a safe distance. If it’s cornered and doesn’t like its chances of survival, it bargains or pleads for its life. An awakened beast knows its territory well and can point characters to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
parents gave him up as a baby; he was raised in an orphanage and learned his survival skills as a teenager living on the streets of Suzail. He traveled west with a caravan to Baldur’s Gate, then sailed up
, and other survival gear. While a Blackiron weapon typically sells for half the price listed in the Player’s Handbook, Elza marks up other goods by 50 percent to keep the business profitable. Most of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
with bloodshot eyes. Auntie Greenbones knows how to infuse demon ichor into the paints needed to create the cursed paintings that drive the coven’s evil bargains. This recipe is inscribed on the
.” Ideal. “Patience is the key to survival. She who laughs last laughs longest.” Bond. “My beloved dog, Morty, is my world. Were anyone to harm him, I would hunt that person across all the planes if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
shelter offers protection against the flensing grit. A flaywind leaves 4d6 feet of sand or debris in its wake. A successful DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) or (Nature) check or Wisdom (Survival) check allows
crops withered and wells undrinkable for 1d4 days after its passing. Thrym’s Howl. These bone-chilling blizzards drive a wall of wind and snow like a living glacier. The storm projects extreme cold (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
month ago when the elf entered the grove to study its corruption. The wyrmling spent days tormenting Armin until the desperate elf agreed to drive away anyone who approaches the lair. Armin desperately
and make a DC 12 Wisdom (Survival) check. On a success, the character finds boot prints and large canine paw prints circling the area. These are prints from Armin Whisperwind and his mastiff, now
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. These are harmless glowing cave fish, but it takes a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Nature) or Wisdom (Survival) check to recognize that. The fish immediately start to bite any exposed skin of a
Sergeant Teeshe and Constable Boot. Doing so requires one character to succeed on a DC 10 Wisdom (Survival) check. On a successful check, the characters remain safely on the trail. On a failed check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
here is full of deep, enormous gouges.
Advance Warning. A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Survival) check can identify the gouges and tracks in the area as belonging to Large bipedal
. Any hook horrors there attack only if the intruders slay or drive off the gorgons. White Gate. A white gate is situated in the opening in the rock wall that leads to the Forest of Recovery. Forest of
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
in the following ways: Make a DC 14 Charisma (Intimidation or Deception) check to drive them off. Make a DC 13 Charisma (Persuasion) check to convince them to leave. Make a DC 16 Charisma (Persuasion
Intelligence (Religion) check. On a success, the character finds a holy symbol of Rao wrapped in cloth and determines it was never consecrated, likely used to support Saren’s fabricated persona. Survival
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
(Survival) check reveals the tracks of multiple demons in the detritus spread across the floor. Amid those tracks, signs can be seen of a single group of booted humans moving down the stairs. These
the characters, waiting for a chance to use its Scare ability to try to drive them from this level. If unsuccessful, it goes invisible again, then waits and attacks alongside the minotaurs that emerge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
sprites and pixies are hostile to any evil creatures they discover and try to drive such foes away. Fairy House. The pixies and sprites live in an abandoned badger burrow in the willow hill. Only Tiny
returned. Treasure. A character can carefully harvest a single dose of magical honey from the hive without upsetting the bees with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Survival) check. The honey collected functions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
dire wolves chase eight pilgrims (commoners). If the adventurers drive the wolves off, the pilgrims offer 10 gp as thanks.
16 A locked box sits on the side of the road, having fallen off a
, suggest that realization to a character with a merchant-related background, or one who succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence (Nature) or Wisdom (Survival) check. Thetsis carries algae that she’s willing to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
character can examine the area and make a DC 15 Wisdom (Survival) check. On a success, the character notices days-old, partially concealed boot prints in the snow. These prints are several feet in length and
might be possible to drive a wedge between Aerstigga and the dragon, leaving his sister no option but to flee. Ralvald believes that if she flees, she’ll ultimately regret betraying him and make
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
. The balance has shifted unnaturally, and unfolding events stray from the path once set. Time has been reset. Insanity decays the light, and the Eye sees all. Death and survival set the trajectory toward
herself and her family.
Ambition and Drive. She is constantly exploring new business ventures and expanding her network to pursue more opportunities.
3: River Quarter Watch Station Re-direct to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
takes 1 hour to navigate the maze at a fast pace, 2 hours at a normal pace, or 3 hours at a slow pace. Halfway through the journey, the navigator must make a DC 16 Wisdom (Survival) check. If the
wealth. The rest has been spirited away; the search for her other treasures could drive a larger campaign beyond the scope of this adventure.