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Dungeon Master’s Guide
its normal casting time, and you can’t use this property again until you finish a Short or Long Rest. On a failed check, you fail to cast the spell and a random effect occurs instead
the hat. Roll 1d4 to determine the object: on a 1, a Dagger; on a 2, a Rope with a Grappling Hook tied to one end; on a 3, a bag of Caltrops; on a 4, a gem worth 50 GP.
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A creature
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
smaller creature grappled by the cave fisher’s Adhesive Filament must make a DC 13 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the target is pulled into an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the
fisher filaments can be woven into rope that is thin, tough, and nearly invisible. The creature’s shell is used in the manufacture of tools, armor, and jewelry. Its blood is alcoholic and tastes
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
and twisted remains of a failed experiment, a hammer, a block and tackle, a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 5 gp (Azorius 1-zino coins)
Feature: Urban Infrastructure
The popular
Spells
Cantrip
produce flame, shocking grasp
1st
chaos bolt, create or destroy water, unseen servant
2nd
heat metal, rope trick
3rd
call lightning,
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
rope line that stretches between the two rooftops; each foot of rope line costs 2 feet of movement. 2 You come to a rooftop that’s 10 feet higher than the one you’re on. Make a DC 10 Strength
(Athletics) check. On a failed check, the height change counts as 10 feet of difficult terrain. 3 You come to a rooftop that’s 10 feet lower than the one you’re on. Make a DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
mountain: a sheer cliff they must scale. Climbing the cliff requires each character to succeed on a DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. If the characters rope themselves together, they can instead make a
group check, succeeding as a group if at least half of them succeed on the check. Each character who fails the check—or every character, in the case of a failed group check—falls 60 feet.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
they were bound by chains or rope. A creature influenced by Carceri also gains one or more of following traits of your choice: Burden of Hopelessness. An invisible, magical aura of hopelessness surrounds
creature must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 16 (3d10) force damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
5. Portrait of a Mad Mage This room is empty except for an enormous red velvet curtain that covers the north wall. A pull-rope on one side of the curtain allows it to be drawn back. Behind the
painting must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or suffer a random form of long-term madness, determined by rolling on the Long-Term Madness table in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. On a failed save, a creature can be affected by the painting again, but not until its current madness ends.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
pitons, rope, and a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check for every 100 feet climbed. On a failed check, a character falls 50 feet before they’re caught by their climbing rope, taking 17 (5d6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
secured by a rope or braced in some other way must make a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw when it tries to move on its turn or whenever it takes damage. On a failed save, the creature tumbles into the frigid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
very slippery. Climbing the hull without a rope or other device requires a successful DC 14 Strength (Athletics) check. On a failed check, the climber falls into the water.
— predictably — atop the mast, 40 feet above the main deck. Access to it is provided by a rope ladder whose lower end drops near the hatch on the main deck. The crow’s nest is an open, wooden platform
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
clusters 4 Fungus cavern 5 Gas leak 6 Gorge 7 High ledge 8 Horrid sounds 9 Lava swell 10 Muck pit 11 Rockfall 12 Rope bridge 13 Ruins 14 Shelter 15 Sinkhole 16 Slime or mold 17 Steam vent 18 Underground
15–18 3d4 skeletons 19–20 1d3 minotaur skeleton Cliff and Ladder A cliff 2d4 × 10 feet high blocks the party’s passage, but a rolled-up rope ladder is visible at the top. If someone can climb the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
. Add: In the shadows of the ceiling to the north, you can just make out the dim shape of a rickety bridge of wood and rope crossing over the passage ahead of you. Another passage intersects this one
falls must make a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw, taking 2d6 bludgeoning damage on a failure, or half as much damage on a success. The creature also falls prone on a failed save (see “Being Prone” in the Basic Rules).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
rest); each creature in the cone must make a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw, taking 2d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. He has resistance to fire damage. He speaks
languages, detect magic, feather fall, find familiar, mage armor, magic missile, shield, unseen servant 25 gp Arcane lock, continual flame, darkvision, invisibility, magic weapon, misty step, rope trick
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Rod of Lordly Might Rod, Legendary (Requires Attunement) Conceptopolis Rod of Rulership, Rod of Lordly Might,
Rod of Resurrection, Rope of Entanglement This rod has a flanged head, and it
force the target to make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes an extra 4d6 Necrotic damage, and you regain a number of Hit Points equal to half that Necrotic damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
” — hollowed-out stalactites connected by walkways, stairs, and rope bridges. The towers are concealed by the thick webs of giant spiders stretched below them, so that only the lowermost parts of the stalactites
.
Stairs. These 5-foot-wide stairs are carved into the stone sides of the cavern between several of the cave entrances.
Bridges. Bridges of spider-silk rope connect the walkways to the guard tower
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
character manages to finish an arduous climb to the top of a cliff despite slipping, only to realize that the rope on which his companions dangle below him is close to breaking. When you introduce costs such
this technique when a character succeeds on a roll by hitting the DC exactly, complicating marginal success in interesting ways. Degrees of Failure Sometimes a failed ability check has different
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
boiling oil down each rope. A creature that starts its turn holding onto the oily rope takes 5 (2d4) fire damage, or half as much damage with a successful DC 10 Dexterity saving throw. A creature must
succeed on a DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check to climb an oily rope. Failing this check by 5 or more causes the creature to fall. Prize. If a character wins the contest of fire giant’s spirit, Diasma
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
to area 3 is a steep slope leading 10 feet upward, and covered in small rocks and gravel. Moving up the slope requires a successful DC 12 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. On a failed check, a character
slips and tumbles down to the bottom of the slope, taking no damage. If someone at the top of the slope lowers a rope to help other characters climb, no check is necessary. Worm Nursery: General
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
(10d10) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Creatures inside the wagon or within 5 feet of it have disadvantage on the saving throw. The wagon is reduced to
it with a successful DC 10 Dexterity check. A failed attempt to disable the trap triggers it. Treasure The interior of the wagon contains the following items: A wooden trunk covered with claw marks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
snare trap. The trap is depicted on map E. Snare Trap. This trap consists of bent saplings and a loop of gore-encrusted rope. A creature that moves, prods, or otherwise disturbs the meat must succeed
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. M6. Bucket Lift A wooden pulley system has been constructed around a large hole in the floor. A bucket big enough to hold a humanoid is held up by thick rope. Three alcoves next to the lift contain
earlier dangles from a taut rope that stretches southward across the shaft and is connected to another wooden platform 15 feet away.
Looking down, the characters see nothing but darkness. Characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Cavern Ledges within this cavern overlook a pool of black liquid twenty feet below. At the center of the cave, an island supports an ancient, bare tree. Rope bridges connect this island to the ledge at the
vulnerable—such as when they’re crossing the rope bridges. Rope Bridge. The rope bridge to area C5 looks ancient and fragile. It has AC 10, hp 14, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Secret Door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Priest’s Pack 29 lb. 33 GP Quiver 1 lb. 1 GP Ram, Portable 35 lb. 4 GP Rations 2 lb. 5 SP Robe 4 lb. 1 GP Rope 5 lb. 1 GP Sack 1/2 lb. 1 CP Scholar’s Pack 22 lb. 40 GP Shovel 5 lb. 2 GP Signal
Bearings, Bell, 10 Candles, Crowbar, Hooded Lantern, 7 flasks of Oil, 5 days of Rations, Rope, Tinderbox, and Waterskin. Caltrops (1 GP) As a Utilize action, you can spread Caltrops from their bag to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
the well’s blockage, a character can use rope to climb down into the well with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. If the characters don’t have rope, Ander lends them some from the store’s
stock. On a successful check, a character climbs the 20 feet into the cavern below the well (map 5.1). On a failed check, a character falls, takes 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage, and has the prone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
, treated as a permanent Leomund’s tiny hut held inside a permanent rope trick spell that can be opened only by Lynx. When the rope from the spell hangs down, it is disguised as a curtain pull in the
failed to return. Lynx believes that an expedition should instead be sent to an earlier time in the tomb’s construction, when the missing components are known to be there. She further theorizes that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
, Iron 10 lb. 2 GP Potion of Healing 1/2 lb. 50 GP Pouch 1 lb. 5 SP Priest’s Pack 29 lb. 33 GP Quiver 1 lb. 1 GP Ram, Portable 35 lb. 4 GP Rations 2 lb. 5 SP Robe 4 lb. 1 GP Rope 5 lb. 1 GP Sack 1/2 lb
) A Burglar’s Pack contains the following items: Backpack, Ball Bearings, Bell, 10 Candles, Crowbar, Hooded Lantern, 7 flasks of Oil, 5 days of Rations, Rope, Tinderbox, and Waterskin. Caltrops (1 GP
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
3. Kubazan’s Shrine A rectangular pool of murky water stretches before this vine-draped shrine. Rope bridges that once spanned the water float on the surface, tangled with other debris. The shards of
to pursue prey. The shattered monolith is slippery with moss, and the rotted rope bridges sink as soon as anyone steps on them. Any character who jumps across the stepping stones must succeed on a DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
a successful check, you cast the spell using its normal casting time, and you can’t use this property again until you finish a Short or Long Rest. On a failed check, you fail to cast the spell and a
nonmagical object out of the hat. Roll 1d4 to determine the object: on a 1, a Dagger; on a 2, a Rope with a Grappling Hook tied to one end; on a 3, a bag of Caltrops; on a 4, a gem worth 50 GP. 81–85 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
successful check, you cast the spell using its normal casting time, and you can’t use this property again until you finish a Short or Long Rest. On a failed check, you fail to cast the spell and a
Rope with a Grappling Hook tied to one end; on a 3, a bag of Caltrops; on a 4, a gem worth 50 GP. 81–85 A creature appears in an unoccupied space as close to you as possible. The creature isn’t under
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
check, the party completes the disarmament. The characters can retry failed checks, but if they accumulate three failures, Kalista dismisses them with a sigh, insisting she can handle the rest of the
GP
Rope 1 GP
Musical Instruments for Sale Instrument Cost
Drum 6 GP
Flute 2 GP
Lute 35 GP
Viol 30 GP
Provisioner Handout
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
failed check, slaves either attack the characters or hide from them, waiting for Karazikar to deal with them. The Vast Oblivium: General Features The characters encounter the following features in the
100 feet from top to bottom. They’re located 100 feet from the edge of the chasm and connected to it by tunnels. Each shaft features side chambers and small caverns, and has rope ladders for Karazikar’s slaves to move up and down them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
this room. Hanging on the handle of each door to this room is a crude wood-and-rope sign bearing the chalk words “HOMUNCULI UNWELCOME” in Draconic. The western door is closed and has a gold coin
must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 10 (3d6) bludgeoning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Treasure. The items gathered here include dozens of porcelain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
can be woven into rope that is thin, tough, and nearly invisible. The creature’s shell is used in the manufacture of tools, armor, and jewelry. Its blood is alcoholic and tastes like strong liquor
Filament. One Large or smaller creature grappled by the cave fisher’s Adhesive Filament must make a DC 13 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the target is pulled into an unoccupied space within 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
, portable
4 gp
35 lb.
Rations (1 day)
5 sp
2 lb.
Robes
1 gp
4 lb.
Rope, hempen (50 feet)
1 gp
10 lb.
Rope, silk (50 feet)
10 gp
5 lb.
Sack
1 cp
1/2 lb.
Scale
pitons, a hooded lantern, 2 flasks of oil, 5 days rations, a tinderbox, and a waterskin. The pack also has 50 feet of hempen rope strapped to the side of it.
Diplomat’s Pack (39 gp). Includes a chest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
area 4 fire at any exposed characters in area 1 if they have been alerted by the sentries. Wark and Thark flee through the door into area 3.
Round 3. Wark and Thark cross the rope bridge in area 3
other archers continue to fire at exposed characters. The orcs in the eastern half of area 3 cut the rope bridge and prepare to defend the doors that lead to area 5.
Round 8. The orcs in area 14 arrive






