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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Equipment: A Gruul insignia, a hunting trap, an herbalism kit, the skull of a boar, a beast-hide cloak, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a belt pouch containing 10 gp (Azorius 1-zino coins
Spell Level
Spells
Cantrip
fire bolt, produce flame
1st
compelled duel, speak with animals, thunderwave
2nd
beast sense, shatter
3rd
conjure animals
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Basic Rules (2014)
Specialists Fighters learn the basics of all combat styles. Every fighter can swing an axe, fence with a rapier, wield a longsword or a greatsword, use a bow, and even trap foes in a net with some degree of
left behind. There are greater risks, perhaps, but also much greater rewards—few fighters in the city watch have the opportunity to discover a magic flame tongue sword, for example. Creating a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Destination 1–3 The teleport trap in area 5b 4–6 The teleport trap in area 11 7–20 The teleport trap in area 40c Additional Effect: Shearing Flame. When a creature is teleported to this location from
28. Statue of Tharmekhûl A 12-foot-tall stone statue with continual flame spells cast on its eyes stands facing the exit in the middle of this 20-foot-high, domed chamber. The statue represents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Destination 1–3 The teleport trap in area 5b 4–6 The teleport trap in area 11 7–20 The teleport trap in area 40c Additional Effect: Shearing Flame. When a creature is teleported to this location from
28. Statue of Tharmekhûl A 12-foot-tall stone statue with continual flame spells cast on its eyes stands facing the exit in the middle of this 20-foot-high, domed chamber. The statue represents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Traps in Play When adventurers come across a trap, you need to know how the trap is triggered and what it does, as well as the possibility for the characters to detect the trap and to disable or
avoid it. Triggering a Trap Most traps are triggered when a creature goes somewhere or touches something that the trap’s creator wanted to protect. Common triggers include stepping on a pressure plate or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Traps in Play When adventurers come across a trap, you need to know how the trap is triggered and what it does, as well as the possibility for the characters to detect the trap and to disable or
avoid it. Triggering a Trap Most traps are triggered when a creature goes somewhere or touches something that the trap’s creator wanted to protect. Common triggers include stepping on a pressure plate or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Traps in Play When adventurers come across a trap, you need to know how the trap is triggered and what it does, as well as the possibility for the characters to detect the trap and to disable or
avoid it. Triggering a Trap Most traps are triggered when a creature goes somewhere or touches something that the trap's creator wanted to protect. Common triggers include stepping on a pressure plate or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Traps in Play When adventurers come across a trap, you need to know how the trap is triggered and what it does, as well as the possibility for the characters to detect the trap and to disable or
avoid it. Triggering a Trap Most traps are triggered when a creature goes somewhere or touches something that the trap's creator wanted to protect. Common triggers include stepping on a pressure plate or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Templars of the Silver Flame The Church of the Silver Flame includes three orders of clergy: ministers who tend congregations, friars who spread the faith, and templars who fight evil in the flesh
. Your group has been ordained as templars and sent into war against the forces of evil. As templars of the Silver Flame, you have distinctive silver tabards to wear over your other clothing or armor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Sample Traps The magical and mechanical traps presented here vary in deadliness and are presented in alphabetical order. Collapsing Roof Mechanical trap This trap uses a trip wire to collapse the
, the trap triggers. Anyone who inspects the beams can easily determine that they are merely wedged in place. As an action, a character can knock over a beam, causing the trap to trigger. The ceiling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Templars of the Silver Flame The Church of the Silver Flame includes three orders of clergy: ministers who tend congregations, friars who spread the faith, and templars who fight evil in the flesh
. Your group has been ordained as templars and sent into war against the forces of evil. As templars of the Silver Flame, you have distinctive silver tabards to wear over your other clothing or armor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
of magical flame can be disabled by shattering one of its glass eyes. Once you know what kind of check is called for, you then determine what happens on a failed attempt to disable the trap
and damage values as shown below. Purpose Before diving into the details of your trap, think about its reason for being. Why would someone build such a trap? What is its purpose? Consider the trap’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Sample Traps The magical and mechanical traps presented here vary in deadliness and are presented in alphabetical order. Collapsing Roof Mechanical trap This trap uses a trip wire to collapse the
, the trap triggers. Anyone who inspects the beams can easily determine that they are merely wedged in place. As an action, a character can knock over a beam, causing the trap to trigger. The ceiling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
of magical flame can be disabled by shattering one of its glass eyes. Once you know what kind of check is called for, you then determine what happens on a failed attempt to disable the trap
and damage values as shown below. Purpose Before diving into the details of your trap, think about its reason for being. Why would someone build such a trap? What is its purpose? Consider the trap’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
13. Stone Skull A giant stone skull crusted with moss juts out from the end of the passageway. A flame flickers within each of its eye sockets, and a view into a chamber beyond can be seen through
of each of its turns. When that creature exits the jaws, the flames in the skull’s eye sockets reignite, the jaws open, and the trap resets. The flames within the eye sockets give off no heat or smoke
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
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Light. All areas of the shrine are brightly lit by the continual flame spell cast on torches in sconces.
Open First Level. The lack of doors on the first level of the shrine means that sound
carries. If the characters engage in battle, set off a trap, shout, or otherwise make loud noises on this level, the Scaly Eye members in areas B2 and B4 investigate the disturbance.
Rage of Bahamut. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
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Light. All areas of the shrine are brightly lit by the continual flame spell cast on torches in sconces.
Open First Level. The lack of doors on the first level of the shrine means that sound
carries. If the characters engage in battle, set off a trap, shout, or otherwise make loud noises on this level, the Scaly Eye members in areas B2 and B4 investigate the disturbance.
Rage of Bahamut. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Example Complex Traps The following complex traps can be used to challenge characters or to inspire your own creations. Path of Blades Complex trap (level 1–4, dangerous threat) Hidden within a
. Trigger. This trap activates as soon as a non-undead creature enters the hallway, and it remains active while any non-undead creature is within the hall. Initiative. The trap acts on initiative count 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
13. Stone Skull A giant stone skull crusted with moss juts out from the end of the passageway. A flame flickers within each of its eye sockets, and a view into a chamber beyond can be seen through
of each of its turns. When that creature exits the jaws, the flames in the skull’s eye sockets reignite, the jaws open, and the trap resets. The flames within the eye sockets give off no heat or smoke
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Example Complex Traps The following complex traps can be used to challenge characters or to inspire your own creations. Path of Blades Complex trap (level 1–4, dangerous threat) Hidden within a
. Trigger. This trap activates as soon as a non-undead creature enters the hallway, and it remains active while any non-undead creature is within the hall. Initiative. The trap acts on initiative count 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Example Traps Traps are presented in alphabetical order. Collapsing Roof Deadly Trap (Levels 1–4) Trigger: A creature crosses a trip wire
Duration: Instantaneous
This trap uses a trip wire to
easily cut or avoided (no ability check required). At Higher Levels. You can scale the trap for higher levels by increasing the damage and the save DC, as shown in the following table. Levels
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Example Traps Traps are presented in alphabetical order. Collapsing Roof Deadly Trap (Levels 1–4) Trigger: A creature crosses a trip wire
Duration: Instantaneous
This trap uses a trip wire to
easily cut or avoided (no ability check required). At Higher Levels. You can scale the trap for higher levels by increasing the damage and the save DC, as shown in the following table. Levels
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Example Traps Traps are presented in alphabetical order. Collapsing Roof Deadly Trap (Levels 1–4) Trigger: A creature crosses a trip wire
Duration: Instantaneous
This trap uses a trip wire to
easily cut or avoided (no ability check required). At Higher Levels. You can scale the trap for higher levels by increasing the damage and the save DC, as shown in the following table. Levels
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Example Traps Traps are presented in alphabetical order. Collapsing Roof Deadly Trap (Levels 1–4) Trigger: A creature crosses a trip wire
Duration: Instantaneous
This trap uses a trip wire to
easily cut or avoided (no ability check required). At Higher Levels. You can scale the trap for higher levels by increasing the damage and the save DC, as shown in the following table. Levels
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Demon Zapper The purest of souls lures fiends into a hellish trap. Zap! Zap! — The Cartographer When the characters approach this location, read or paraphrase the following boxed text to the players
light lures demons like moths to a flame, annihilating them when they get close. While trapped in the sphere, the unicorn can’t use any of its magical abilities. The sphere targets the nearest fiend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
. Standing amid the gore are three humanoid figures—two that look like misshapen statues of clay and stone and one appearing as a humanoid made of flame.
Iskander The creatures are 2 earth elementals
locked wooden chest about the size of a shoebox. Opening the lock requires thieves’ tools and a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. A failed check sets off a magic glyph of warding trap that triggers a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
. Standing amid the gore are three humanoid figures—two that look like misshapen statues of clay and stone and one appearing as a humanoid made of flame.
Iskander The creatures are 2 earth elementals
locked wooden chest about the size of a shoebox. Opening the lock requires thieves’ tools and a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. A failed check sets off a magic glyph of warding trap that triggers a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Demon Zapper The purest of souls lures fiends into a hellish trap. Zap! Zap! — The Cartographer When the characters approach this location, read or paraphrase the following boxed text to the players
light lures demons like moths to a flame, annihilating them when they get close. While trapped in the sphere, the unicorn can’t use any of its magical abilities. The sphere targets the nearest fiend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
38. Revolving Room Trap Three separate areas comprise this section of the tomb: a control room (area 38A), an access corridor (area 38B), and a revolving death trap (area 38C). Diagram 5.2 shows a
side view of these areas. Diagram 5.2: Revolving Room Trap 38A. Control Room This room is dark and dusty. A hulking figure wearing a bucket helm stands to the west, with one hand on an iron lever set
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
tower has three floors and a door on the ground floor. Stairs connect the levels, and only the topmost level is furnished. A continual flame spell in the wizard’s study on the top floor still burns
: Cyclical System. Each floating island in the void has its own gravity and terrain. The writer posits that their erratic drifting might be part of a larger cycle or system. Easily Avoidable Trap. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
burns indefinitely. If taken from the area, it burns down normally. Secret Door. If Withers is watching, he tries to trap as many characters as he can in the cell by whispering a command word that
the cells or die trying. A wedge, spike, or similar object can be used to prevent the door from closing. Lava Trap. Molten lava begins pouring from the tiny holes in the ceiling as soon as any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
38. Revolving Room Trap Three separate areas comprise this section of the tomb: a control room (area 38A), an access corridor (area 38B), and a revolving death trap (area 38C). Diagram 5.2 shows a
side view of these areas. Diagram 5.2: Revolving Room Trap 38A. Control Room This room is dark and dusty. A hulking figure wearing a bucket helm stands to the west, with one hand on an iron lever set
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
tower has three floors and a door on the ground floor. Stairs connect the levels, and only the topmost level is furnished. A continual flame spell in the wizard’s study on the top floor still burns
: Cyclical System. Each floating island in the void has its own gravity and terrain. The writer posits that their erratic drifting might be part of a larger cycle or system. Easily Avoidable Trap. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
burns indefinitely. If taken from the area, it burns down normally. Secret Door. If Withers is watching, he tries to trap as many characters as he can in the cell by whispering a command word that
the cells or die trying. A wedge, spike, or similar object can be used to prevent the door from closing. Lava Trap. Molten lava begins pouring from the tiny holes in the ceiling as soon as any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
drow warrior stands behind the desk against one wall. Burning red candles are set about the room in holders made from skeletal hands.
Continual flame spells have been cast on the dozen candles in the
magic (DC 15) on the door before it opens disables this trap, but the elemental can’t be dispelled once it appears. If anyone tampers with the desk or the shelves’ contents, or attempts to remove