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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Incorporeal Movement. The ghost dragon can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction
a ghost dragon haunts the hoard, often forming an attachment to a single priceless object that becomes the focus of the ghost dragon’s Undead existence.
A ghost dragon is a translucent and
Adult White Dragon
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
Ice Walk. The dragon can move across and climb icy surfaces without needing to make an ability check. Additionally, difficult terrain composed of ice or snow doesn't cost it extra movement
lair.
Freezing precipitation falls within 6 miles of the dragon’s lair, sometimes forming blizzard conditions when the dragon is at rest.
Icy walls block off areas in the dragon’s lair
Ancient White Dragon
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Basic Rules (2014)
Ice Walk. The dragon can move across and climb icy surfaces without needing to make an ability check. Additionally, difficult terrain composed of ice or snow doesn't cost it extra movement
lair.
Freezing precipitation falls within 6 miles of the dragon’s lair, sometimes forming blizzard conditions when the dragon is at rest.
Icy walls block off areas in the dragon’s lair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Rotten Hall Features Ceiling Cracks Thin shafts of daylight and moonlight spill through tiny rock fissures, forming pools of natural light as shown on map 5.1. A Tiny creature can use these narrow
fissures to enter and leave the tomb. Underground River Muddy rainwater seeps from the jungles above, flowing through the tomb as a sluggish underground river that is treated as difficult terrain. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Rotten Hall Features Ceiling Cracks Thin shafts of daylight and moonlight spill through tiny rock fissures, forming pools of natural light as shown on map 5.1. A Tiny creature can use these narrow
fissures to enter and leave the tomb. Underground River Muddy rainwater seeps from the jungles above, flowing through the tomb as a sluggish underground river that is treated as difficult terrain. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the cavern. The stream runs west to east, tumbling down a short waterfall and forming a small pool (area 9). The stream is about 15 feet wide and 3 feet deep at its deepest point. It can be crossed
on foot but is difficult terrain. The troglodytes are so distracted that it’s possible to sneak through this area undetected as long as the adventurers stay close to the cavern walls. Each character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the cavern. The stream runs west to east, tumbling down a short waterfall and forming a small pool (area 9). The stream is about 15 feet wide and 3 feet deep at its deepest point. It can be crossed
on foot but is difficult terrain. The troglodytes are so distracted that it’s possible to sneak through this area undetected as long as the adventurers stay close to the cavern walls. Each character
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->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->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
formerly calm river, a surge of water rises, forming a towering wave that flings boats onto the banks. The massive wave crests in a mighty swell crashing toward the crowded shore and riverine temple
knocked prone. This damage is less in other parts of the great plaza but causes chaos across the open space, smashing vendors’ stalls, harming hundreds of people, and leaving behind a foot of standing water that turns the area into difficult terrain.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
formerly calm river, a surge of water rises, forming a towering wave that flings boats onto the banks. The massive wave crests in a mighty swell crashing toward the crowded shore and riverine temple
knocked prone. This damage is less in other parts of the great plaza but causes chaos across the open space, smashing vendors’ stalls, harming hundreds of people, and leaving behind a foot of standing water that turns the area into difficult terrain.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
a haunt for ice spiders. Ice spiders have red eyes and white fur covering their bodies, and they weave liquid webs that crystallize quickly, forming frosty sheets and icy cocoons. The tunnels are 10
-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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
a haunt for ice spiders. Ice spiders have red eyes and white fur covering their bodies, and they weave liquid webs that crystallize quickly, forming frosty sheets and icy cocoons. The tunnels are 10
-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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
room from area B7, forming a 1-foot-deep pool here. The pool is Difficult Terrain. A Steam Mephit toys with a panicked frog in the water. The mephit is initially Indifferent toward the characters and
spacious chamber from the north, forming a shallow pool. A small, winged creature made of hissing steam zips above the water in pursuit of a tiny croaking frog.
Warm spring water streams into this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
room from area B7, forming a 1-foot-deep pool here. The pool is Difficult Terrain. A Steam Mephit toys with a panicked frog in the water. The mephit is initially Indifferent toward the characters and
spacious chamber from the north, forming a shallow pool. A small, winged creature made of hissing steam zips above the water in pursuit of a tiny croaking frog.
Warm spring water streams into this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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-Fizban
A dragon’s attachment to a hoard can be strong enough to bind the dragon’s spirit to existence after death. Such a ghost dragon haunts the hoard, often forming an attachment to a single
(18,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +6
Incorporeal Movement. The ghost dragon can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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-Fizban
A dragon’s attachment to a hoard can be strong enough to bind the dragon’s spirit to existence after death. Such a ghost dragon haunts the hoard, often forming an attachment to a single
(18,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +6
Incorporeal Movement. The ghost dragon can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
owlbear’s toothed beak. G2: Shallow Pool Wade Acuff Moisture drips from the ceiling of this damp cave, forming a shallow pool. Something glitters in the murky water.
Two Gray Ooze Globs lurk in the
pool, which is 2 feet deep and Difficult Terrain. The Hostile oozes fight any creature that comes within 5 feet of the water. Treasure. The pool contains a jewel-encrusted goblet (worth 100 GP) and one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
clockwise direction and forming landings at various points. Situated next to each landing is a 9-foot-tall arrow slit that tapers to a width of 5 inches. Much of the tower floor and the staircase is
strewn with rubble — stone from the crumbling walls and wood from the partially collapsed roof. The rubble counts as difficult terrain. Treasure. Any character who searches through the rubble finds a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
clockwise direction and forming landings at various points. Situated next to each landing is a 9-foot-tall arrow slit that tapers to a width of 5 inches. Much of the tower floor and the staircase is
strewn with rubble — stone from the crumbling walls and wood from the partially collapsed roof. The rubble counts as difficult terrain. Treasure. Any character who searches through the rubble finds a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
owlbear’s toothed beak. G2: Shallow Pool Wade Acuff Moisture drips from the ceiling of this damp cave, forming a shallow pool. Something glitters in the murky water.
Two Gray Ooze Globs lurk in the
pool, which is 2 feet deep and Difficult Terrain. The Hostile oozes fight any creature that comes within 5 feet of the water. Treasure. The pool contains a jewel-encrusted goblet (worth 100 GP) and one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
settlements of the northeast — Yartar might soon grow in size, wealth, and influence. Physical growth would require clearing terrain for further settlement and building another encircling wall to
protect settlers — and additional guards hired to protect those who do the work. With its location near two great rivers and its proximity to a third (the Laughingflow, forming a trio the locals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
settlements of the northeast — Yartar might soon grow in size, wealth, and influence. Physical growth would require clearing terrain for further settlement and building another encircling wall to
protect settlers — and additional guards hired to protect those who do the work. With its location near two great rivers and its proximity to a third (the Laughingflow, forming a trio the locals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
housed in the area. An area of trees is difficult terrain. Magic Turf. The rocky cavern floors in this sector are covered in a layer of magic turf that uses transmutation magic to slowly absorb the
waste of the creatures that dwell here. Pools. Each of the rocky pools in these caverns is 1 foot deep and magically filled with cool, clean water. A pool is difficult terrain. Forest of Illusion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
housed in the area. An area of trees is difficult terrain. Magic Turf. The rocky cavern floors in this sector are covered in a layer of magic turf that uses transmutation magic to slowly absorb the
waste of the creatures that dwell here. Pools. Each of the rocky pools in these caverns is 1 foot deep and magically filled with cool, clean water. A pool is difficult terrain. Forest of Illusion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Trielta Hills In the rolling terrain of the Trielta Hills, scattered with small settlements of gnomes and halflings, life seems pastoral and idyllic. Halfling farmers tend to their plots, and gnome
or two) are eaten, the sheriffs waste no time in forming a posse to hunt down or chase off the predators before they can do more harm. Now, sad to say, this situation might be changing for the worse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Trielta Hills In the rolling terrain of the Trielta Hills, scattered with small settlements of gnomes and halflings, life seems pastoral and idyllic. Halfling farmers tend to their plots, and gnome
or two) are eaten, the sheriffs waste no time in forming a posse to hunt down or chase off the predators before they can do more harm. Now, sad to say, this situation might be changing for the worse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
darkness climbs forty feet in the air, forming an opaque dome around the ruins.
Any creature in or above the moat when the dome appears must make a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw, taking 22 (5d8
can be seen on the wood and steel even after hundreds of years.
The area covered by wreckage is difficult terrain. Six wights crawl out of the wreckage if the characters move or rummage through it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
darkness climbs forty feet in the air, forming an opaque dome around the ruins.
Any creature in or above the moat when the dome appears must make a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw, taking 22 (5d8
can be seen on the wood and steel even after hundreds of years.
The area covered by wreckage is difficult terrain. Six wights crawl out of the wreckage if the characters move or rummage through it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
, 1d4 swarms of ravens and 1d4 swarms of rats gather and attack any other creatures in the region. On a 5–6, a treant (in forested terrain) or a galeb duhr (in rockier terrain) attacks. 28–36 Distance
charmed by all creatures for 1 hour. 36–45 The region is choked with wispy webbing, which acts as difficult terrain. 46–50 Nearly every surface is covered with discarded cicada-like shells that crunch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
H13. Icicle-Filled Cave This cavern has a ten-foot-high ceiling covered with icicles that nearly touch the floor, forming thin stalactites. Several of these icicles have been broken off, leaving
the northeastern side cave. They gang up on whichever foe Tekeli-li chooses to attack. Slippery Ice. The icy floor is difficult terrain. When a creature moves onto the ice for the first time on a turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
follow a deliberate route through the cave. Each of the geometrically shaped beings scans the strange terrain around them before vanishing into tunnels ahead.
The characters arrive on a ledge
version of its true form, that of a constantly rotting and re-forming corpse with shifting features (chaotic evil; use the lich stat block). It revels in its freedom and shares anything it knows with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
follow a deliberate route through the cave. Each of the geometrically shaped beings scans the strange terrain around them before vanishing into tunnels ahead.
The characters arrive on a ledge
version of its true form, that of a constantly rotting and re-forming corpse with shifting features (chaotic evil; use the lich stat block). It revels in its freedom and shares anything it knows with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
H13. Icicle-Filled Cave This cavern has a ten-foot-high ceiling covered with icicles that nearly touch the floor, forming thin stalactites. Several of these icicles have been broken off, leaving
the northeastern side cave. They gang up on whichever foe Tekeli-li chooses to attack. Slippery Ice. The icy floor is difficult terrain. When a creature moves onto the ice for the first time on a turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Lightning arcs, forming a 5-foot-wide line between two of the lair’s solid surfaces that the dragon can see. They
forest crosses over into other terrain. A green dragon typically pretends to back down, only to wait and watch — sometimes for decades — for the chance to slay the other dragon, then claim its lair and