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Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
normally pose a threat to smaller creatures. Because of their size and strength, they are popular attractions in gladiatorial arenas, where they are coerced into fighting for food.
B’rohgs are
navigate perilous terrain. A solitary b’rohg that is befriended by a group of adventurers might follow them around for a while, but it will soon tire of their company and once again seek out others of its own kind.
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
feet of that creature. The gibbering mouther;gibbering mouthers act right after the emissary on the same initiative count, gaining a +7 bonus to their attack and damage rolls, and fighting until they are
difficult terrain for the duration. Any creature takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Warp Space","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage for each 5 feet it moves
Monsters
Out of the Abyss
lair has a challenge rating of 14 (11,500 XP).
Lair Actions
When fighting inside its lair, a beholder can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative
ties), the beholder can take one lair action to cause one of the following effects:
A 50-foot square area of ground within 120 feet of the beholder becomes slimy; that area is difficult terrain until
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
an ancient, fallen aboleth city. An aboleth spends most of its existence underwater, surfacing occasionally to treat with visitors or deranged worshipers.
Lair Actions
When fighting inside its lair
1 mile of the aboleth’s lair are slimy and wet and are difficult terrain.
Water sources within 1 mile of the lair are supernaturally fouled. Enemies of the aboleth that drink such water vomit
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
dies only if she starts her turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate.
Incorporeal Movement. Miirym can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. She takes 5
present-day Faerûn than in fighting. Indeed, Miirym is an engaging conversationalist if one has the inclination to chat with her.
Miirym doesn’t have a treasure hoard. Instead, she protects
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
":"recharge","rollAction":"Web of Hair"}. Arasta unleashes her hair in the form of webbing that fills a 30-foot cube next to her. The web is difficult terrain, its area is lightly obscured, and it lasts for 1
ground ripples and bursts over the monster, revealing itself as a wave of countless spiders. The tiny arachnids swarm the larger horror, girding it in skittering bodies.
Fighting Arasta as a mythic
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
ground in a 30-foot radius centered on her. The area becomes difficult terrain until the start of her next turn. Any creature, other than Hythonia, takes 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage
medusa rising up anew, the last of her shed skin dropping away, revealing glistening, unscarred scales.
Fighting Hythonia as a mythic encounter is equivalent to taking on two challenge rating 17
Merrenoloth
Legacy
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.Lair Actions
Any ship a merrenoloth is contracted to captain becomes the creature's lair. When fighting on the ship, the
30 feet until initiative count 20 on the next round.
The air within 60 feet of the ship is filled with howling wind. Until initiative count 20 on the next round, that area is difficult terrain, and
Aboleth
Legacy
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
most of its existence underwater, surfacing occasionally to treat with visitors or worshipers.
Lair Actions
When fighting inside its lair, an aboleth can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions
and are difficult terrain.
Water sources within 1 mile of the lair are supernaturally fouled. Enemies of the aboleth that drink such water vomit it within minutes.
As an action, the aboleth can create
Death Tyrant
Legacy
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
it contains more trappings of death and decay. A death tyrant encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 15 (13,000 XP).
Lair Actions
When fighting inside its lair, a death tyrant can invoke
cube within 120 feet of the tyrant is filled with spectral eyes and tentacles. To creatures other than the death tyrant, that area is lightly obscured and difficult terrain until initiative count 20 on
Beholder
Legacy
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
closing to melee range. A beholder encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 14 (11,500 XP).
Lair Actions
When fighting inside its lair, a beholder can invoke the ambient magic to take lair
beholder becomes slimy; that area is difficult terrain until initiative count 20 on the next round.
Walls within 120 feet of the beholder sprout grasping appendages until initiative count 20 on the round
Balhannoth
Legacy
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
drow enclave.
Lair Actions
When fighting inside its lair, a balhannoth can use lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), a balhannoth can take one lair action to cause one of
the following effects; the balhannoth can’t use the same lair action two rounds in a row:
The balhannoth warps reality around it in an area up to 500 feet square. After 10 minutes, the terrain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
this tactic, he has the hallucinatory terrain spell prepared instead of Evard’s black tentacles, seeming instead of cloudkill, and rope trick instead of alter self. 8a. False Impasse Thanks to Orl’s
hallucinatory terrain spell, this 20-foot-high cavern appears to be filled from wall to wall with a pool of bubbling acid. The caustic scent of the acid seems real to any creature that approaches this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
giant has a ranged attack. The two punts contain chunks of ice that the giant can hurl at foes. Fighting on the ship is tricky. Its sloped, icy deck is difficult terrain, and a creature that isn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
are made of granite adorned with bas-reliefs that depict regal giants fighting and slaying dragons. Door hinges and handles are made of wrought iron, and the handles are 12 feet off the floor. A Huge
scuttle under and clamber over giant-sized furniture, treating them as difficult terrain.
Stairs. Staircases within the temple are sized for giants. Each step is 5 feet tall and 5 feet wide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
obstacle counts as 10 feet of difficult terrain. 2 A crowd blocks your way. Make a DC 10 Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check (your choice) to make your way through the crowd unimpeded. On
a failed check, the crowd counts as 10 feet of difficult terrain. 3 A large stained-glass window or similar barrier blocks your path. Make a DC 10 Strength saving throw to smash through the barrier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
pose a threat to smaller creatures. Because of their size and strength, they are popular attractions in gladiatorial arenas, where they are coerced into fighting for food. B’rohgs are accustomed to
wary. If this kindness is sufficient to earn the creature’s trust, the b’rohg will try to repay the stranger, perhaps by carrying their gear or helping them navigate perilous terrain. A solitary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
its speed is 0 until the end of the turn. Difficult Terrain. The heaps of debris and the impact craters surrounding the Acheron projectiles are difficult terrain. Gate to Acheron Battlefield Events
watch for something unusual. If they do, the character makes a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check. If the check is successful, the character notices “Sergeant Luggik” stage fighting with a foe who clearly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
hours of air. Characters who are at rest and not undertaking activities such as moving or fighting consume half as much air.
Once half of the breathable air is consumed, the characters suffer one level
filled with waist-deep water are difficult terrain for the characters. Once the water is over their heads, they have to swim.
Map 2.3: The Oozing Temple View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
Area Information Dimensions & Terrain This oddly circular chamber is forty feet in diameter one way and fifty feet in diameter the other. Other Features Statues, carved from a pure white marble
the statue, the eidolon begins a tirade of insults and threats. If the characters engage the creature in conversation while fighting the allips they can learn of the deal the creature made with the
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
on a d20, you have disadvantage on your next d20 roll.
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Grass, moss, and flowers instantly grow in your footsteps. You are also unaffected by difficult terrain created by plants.
Any harm that
You have increased lung capacity, increasing your walking speed by 10 feet and letting you hold your breath for twice as long as normal.
Whenever you exert yourself by fighting, running, and so
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
-foot-high, 5-foot-wide cracks in the mountain rock (too narrow for Harshnag). Due to the icy and uneven floors, the tunnels are difficult terrain. Creatures that have the Spider Climb trait (or that
and is normal terrain. The cavern is filled with translucent ice spider webs that block line of sight. Characters who succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check can spot a cluster of cocoons on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
goblins (as in “The Sunless Citadel,” an adventure found in Tales from the Yawning Portal). In this case, fighting the dragon might be necessary if the dragon doesn’t want to return, but killing the
creature is undesirable. Or perhaps the characters are seriously outmatched by the dragon, and their only reasonable goal is to escape the encounter alive. Is the encounter in the dragon’s lair? Fighting in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
underwater, surfacing occasionally to treat with visitors or worshipers. Lair Actions When fighting inside its lair, an aboleth can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20
within 1 mile of the aboleth’s lair are slimy and wet and are difficult terrain. Water sources within 1 mile of the lair are supernaturally fouled. Enemies of the aboleth that drink such water vomit it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
is strewn with rubble, so it is difficult terrain. Larger rubble piles are 1 to 4 feet high. Any loud noise (such as an explosion, shouting, or fighting) causes a minor cave-in: at the start of each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
rooms.
Map 4.2: abandoned metalworksView Player Version Scrap Piles These large piles of scrap metal await separating and sorting and are difficult terrain. A character who studies or moves over a
influence is bolstered, giving the characters advantage on checks made to convince him to stand down. If Itzmin is there, he goads Serapio to attack, giving the characters disadvantage. Fighting the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
shocked screams. Any pretense of a reenactment shatters—High Hill is the site of a true battle once more. Within moments, all around you, armed mercenaries attack unprepared villagers fighting for their
. The 15-foot-wide area marked by the design at the edge of the map represents dozens of clashing combatants. This area and the battlefield beyond the map are difficult terrain. A creature that enters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, landslides, and venomous animals make travel dangerous for anyone who doesn’t know the terrain, and visitors wishing to avoid suspicion from patrolling stratians would be wise to stick to the roads. (STEVEN
rebuilt in the fighting. There were heroes who knew only a life of conflict, performing feats of incredible prowess for the honor of Olantin, or who awed the gods with their sleepless commitment to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
no obligation to fight. A merrenoloth’s first duty is always to its vessel. Lair Actions Any ship a merrenoloth is contracted to captain becomes the creature’s lair. When fighting on the ship, the
feet of the ship is filled with howling wind. Until initiative count 20 on the next round, that area is difficult terrain, and when a Medium or smaller creature flies into that area or starts its turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
once or be destroyed. Fighting the Hobgoblins. In combat, the sentry remains behind the barricades. If the characters breach either barricade, the sentry uses her next action to blow a war horn
a bristly cube of interlocking spears. Each spear barricade has these rules.
Difficult Terrain. The barricade is Difficult Terrain. A creature that moves through the barricade takes 1d6 Piercing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
elves stop fighting and become Friendly. If they become Friendly, the elves return to Redwood Watch. Before leaving, Jherris tells the characters about a vial of Acid he has hidden in his bedroll (see
“Treasure” below). Downward Slope. To the southwest, the cavern slopes 20 feet steeply downward toward the chamber with Death-at-Sunset’s corpse (area L6). This sloping area is Difficult Terrain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
. Its rough walls are easily climbed without an ability check. A creature that falls into the crevasse takes 2d6 bludgeoning damage and lands prone in a jumble of rubble that is difficult terrain (see
“Difficult Terrain” in the Basic Rules). The bottom of the crevasse feels unnaturally cold. When viewed with a detect magic spell, the area emanates a faint necromantic aura. The magic causes all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
two sizes smaller than you. If you do move through the space of another creature—whether a friend or an enemy—the space is difficult terrain for you, and you can’t willingly end your move there. See
the two-weapon fighting option in the Player’s Handbook (PHB "Two-Weapon Fighting"), you don’t add your ability modifier to the damage of the bonus attack, unless that modifier is negative. You do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
along its banks, making any of the Lower Planes the Styx touches a potential battleground. The devils view fighting demons on Avernus as a net benefit for their cause. Although most devils slain there
are destroyed forever, ready access to supplies and support from the Nine Hells tilts the tide heavily against invading demons. Also, the prospect of a permanent death compels the devils fighting on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
count, gaining a +7 bonus to their attack and damage rolls, and fighting until they are destroyed. They disappear when the emissary dies.
Legendary Actions
The emissary can take 3 legendary actions
within 90 feet of it to turn into teeth and maws until the start of its next turn. The area becomes difficult terrain for the duration. Any creature takes 10 (3d6) piercing damage for each 5 feet it