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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
safety. The writings are laced with diabolical lore that is anathema to the mortal mind. Characters unable to read magic can’t make any headway in the books. A character who can read magic who examines
and suffers a psychic shock. While suffering this shock, the character has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks, and must attempt a DC 10 Constitution check to cast a spell. On a failed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
safety. The writings are laced with diabolical lore that is anathema to the mortal mind. Characters unable to read magic can’t make any headway in the books. A character who can read magic who examines
and suffers a psychic shock. While suffering this shock, the character has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks, and must attempt a DC 10 Constitution check to cast a spell. On a failed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
chest while a second examines an esoteric symbol engraved on a wall and a third keeps watch for monsters. The players don’t need to take turns, but the DM listens to every player and decides how to
uncertain, the Dungeons & Dragons game relies on rolls of a 20-sided die, a d20, to determine success or failure.
Every character and monster in the game has capabilities defined by six ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Bludgeoning damage.
Rules for detecting and escaping the trap are as follows:
Detecting the Trap. The pit is poorly camouflaged. A character who examines the trapped area easily discovers the pit
a 9 or lower, it fails. In either case, the area’s description tells you what happens. Example. A Rogue tries to deceive the kobold with a Charisma (Deception) check. The player rolls a d20 and adds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
might give you a group answer: “We go through the door.” Other times, individual players might want to do specific things—one might search a chest while another examines a bookshelf. Outside combat, the
situations. Combat. In combat, many situations involve attack rolls or saving throws. The rules of combat can help you determine the effectiveness of a character’s actions. The “Running Combat” section in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
need it. Sometimes the players might give you a group answer: “We go through the door.” Other times, individual players might want to do specific things—one might search a chest while another examines a
situations. Combat. In combat, many situations involve attack rolls or saving throws. The rules of combat can help you determine the effectiveness of a character’s actions. The “Running Combat” section in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
the treasure (see below), the lizardfolk leap out and start combat. Characters who failed to detect the lizardfolk before the ambush have Disadvantage on their Initiative rolls. The lizardfolk fight
razor-sharp ferns. To continue, you must navigate this treacherous gully.
A character who examines the ferns can make a DC 12 Intelligence (Nature) check, identifying the plants as sword ferns
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
, taking 5 (2d4) force damage. Reaching the Phylactery Vault. Once a Shrine of Binding has been disabled, a character who closely examines the shrine and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana
creature in this area takes damage, it must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature makes attack rolls, Strength and Dexterity saving throws, and ability checks with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
grants a +1 bonus to spell attack rolls. However, if its wielder rolls a 1 on a spell attack roll while using it as a focus, the chunk shatters and the creature takes 10 (3d6) thunder damage. Giant’s
chamber.
This chamber once housed shrines to the gods of ancient local religions, but they have all been smashed and ruined. Secret Door. Any character who examines the west wall and succeeds on a DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
behind the south curtain opens only when certain conditions are met (see below).
A character who examines a curtain and succeeds on a DC 19 Wisdom (Perception) check notices the slightly darker
Charisma (spell save DC 11). While in sunlight, he has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Treasure. Xarann wears a piwafwi, a drow-made cloak of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
traps can’t be disabled, but a character who comes within 5 feet of one of the rubies and examines it can make a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check. On a success, the character deduces that the
Fernil and marched him to Web’s Edge, where he died shortly thereafter. Treasure. Any character who examines the body and succeeds on a DC 16 Intelligence (Investigation) check notices a vial tucked into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Ruin Rubble chokes the southern half of this room where the wall and ceiling have collapsed. A character who examines the room and succeeds on a DC 12 Wisdom (Survival) check notices a set of
weakening in the fabric of the planes where the Dragon Queen’s will bleeds into Krynn. The chamber is desecrated ground that grants Undead, Fiends, and worshipers of Takhisis advantage on attack rolls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
paintings of members of House Delphi. The ones that feature knights in silvery suits of armor have their faces scratched off.
A character who examines the armor in the paintings and succeeds on a DC 10
) leads to a hidden room. A character who examines the north wall and succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check finds the secret door, which pushes inward easily enough. The hidden room has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Fortress’s pinnacle remains unexcavated, but characters who investigate it find only several crumbled, half-buried floors. A character who examines these ruins and succeeds on a DC 16 Intelligence (History
feels unwell; its speed is halved; and it has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws. At birth, the tadpole chews its way through vital organs and out of the host’s chest in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
the lock pushes the sphere aside, putting it out of harm’s way. Someone who examines the door closely with a light source notices the glint of glass in the seam between the doors with a successful DC
, and anyone who tries to pull the axe from the wall finds it impossible to do so. The weapon is a berserker axe that has a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls instead of the normal +1. The axe can’t be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
here, add: Crouching in the middle of the cavern is a gaunt gnoll with ravenous eyes and the foul stench of the grave coming from it. The creature does not cast a reflection.
Ranged attack rolls made
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The stone fragments are pieces of Ythryn that settled in the ice. Any character who examines the stone and makes a successful DC 15 Intelligence (History) check to discern its true nature. (A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Crypt of the Talhund have disadvantage on attack rolls against anyone wearing this armor. P4: Hidden Sanctum Access Rooms This small, empty room bears a heavy stone door opposite its entrance.
The stone
“relics of the dead,” also in Dwarvish. Any character who examines the skull next to the crooked door recognizes it as that of a mind flayer. The skull crumbles if roughly handled. There is a crypt
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
unnoticed by succeeding on a DC 12 Dexterity (Stealth) check. On a success, the character gains Advantage on Initiative rolls against the occupants. Two Bandits and one Bandit Captain are inside
components were hastily removed within the last 24 hours. Perception. A character who examines the floor as a Search action and succeeds on a DC 13 Wisdom (Perception) check finds a loose floorboard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
ability check, attack roll, or saving throw it makes. The creature can wait until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the number, but it must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds
) Proficiency Bonus +5
Limited Spell Immunity. The golem automatically succeeds on saving throws against spells of 7th level or lower, and the attack rolls of such spells always miss it.
Unusual
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
minute. While poisoned, the creature is delirious and feels the need to frolic. At the start of its turn, the poisoned creature rolls on the Frolic Direction table and moves its full speed in a
Luskan, Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter, and Elturel. Hidden Message. A character who examines the Sword Coast map notices a message written in tiny carved Draconic runes at the top of the map with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
olive oil. The ship’s food stores are relatively fresh, though nothing is particularly appetizing. 5. Ship’s Stores Two coiled lengths of rope and three rolls of sailcloth lie on the deck alongside a
under a hammock; it can be noticed by someone who succeeds on DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check or by a character who closely examines the hammock. The chest is also trapped with a poison needle. Noticing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
scrutiny of Divine Sense or a detect evil and good spell. Each idol is associated with a different ability score. While one is carried, its bearer has disadvantage on all d20 rolls involving that
attack and damage rolls with melee weapons). His ring of invisibility is on a small stand near his bed. Upon entering the room Obmi will palm the ring, don the armor, put on the gauntlets, thong the axe to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
smaller monsters haunt the desert sands within 1 mile of the dragon’s lair. These illusions move and appear real, although they can do no harm. A creature that examines an image from a distance can
rolls, Strength checks, and Strength saving throws for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Change Shape. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
d4 Abyssal Manifestation 1 The target’s limbs become rubbery and unreliable. It has disadvantage on attack rolls with weapons. 2 The target’s eyes squirm out of its head as worms; the target has the
one of the pentacles to rise through the prison’s area of effect and up to the ceiling. This exception doesn’t apply to other forms of flight, such as the Fly spell or wings. A character who examines