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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
template method and the token method. Both of these methods assume you’re using a grid and miniatures of some sort. Because these methods can yield different results for the number of squares in a given
area, it’s not recommended that they be combined at the table — choose whichever method you and your players find easier or more intuitive. Template Method The template method uses two-dimensional shapes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
own rewards, in the form of additional encounters and side treks that can help build a fun story. This episode provides one side trek that sees the characters stop in Neverwinter on their way to the
lighthouse, which can be made use of no matter what the party’s method of travel. Additionally, if the characters are traveling overland, you can introduce random encounters along the road using the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
aarakocra know a secret method to stabilize the Labyrinth Funnel so it can be used safely as a portal. Ill Winds Blow Frost giant raiders are subverting the Labyrinth Funnel to connect to the Howling
Iceberg (in this chapter). They manipulate the winds to bring the iceberg to the tower’s location, but as a side effect, the perpetual storm grows more intense and ravages the surrounding countryside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
) Optional Rule: Diagonals The Player’s Handbook presents a simple method for counting movement and measuring range on a grid: count every square as 5 feet, even if you’re moving diagonally. Though
optional rule. Whenever a creature ends its move, it can change its facing. Each creature has a front arc (the direction it faces), left and right side arcs, and a rear arc. A creature can also change its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, or they can use some other method of conveyance — it’s up to them. Storm giants aren’t stealthy and would prefer to stage a direct assault on Iymrith’s lair, but they will adjust their tactics based
without storm giant reinforcements, consider having Harshnag appear out of the blue and offer to fight by their side. A giant of few words, Harshnag doesn’t talk much about how he survived the destruction
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
-size statue of a dwarf in plate armor, wearing a bucket helm and standing at attention atop a block of stone that measures 3 feet on a side.
Secret Door. Set into the north wall is a secret door that
this phylactery leaves Arcturia with no means to rejuvenate once her physical form is destroyed. The object can be destroyed only after being digested in the stomach of a mimic for three days. A legend lore spell or similar magic reveals the exact method of the phylactery’s destruction.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
character who searches the walls and succeeds on a DC 17 Wisdom (Perception) check spots a secret door just inside the entrance. The door is triple-barred from the west side. It can’t be opened manually
from this side, though three knock spells will do the trick. 19C. Sun Pool A glorious sun is carved on the ceiling, directly above a pool of still water. The ceiling reflected in the pool doesn’t show a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
door contains a mechanical trap with a magical sensor. When a creature enters this area, giant spring-loaded gears hidden in the walls cause blocks of stone on either side of the hall to slam
scratches on the floor, that the walls are movable blocks of stone, but there’s no way to identify the trap’s trigger or the method of bypassing it without experimentation or the use of divination magic. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
on the other side of this door, the guard peers through the peephole to see who’s there. If it sees a friendly face, it lifts the crossbar and opens the door. A character can use an action to try to
force open this door from the other side, breaking the crossbar with a successful DC 22 Strength (Athletics) check. When the dining room is in use, the guard retires to the barracks (area K10). K12
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
on one side. The crack extends from an opening flanked by statues of hulking insectile creatures to the pyramid’s point sixty feet above.
Three mezzoloths inhabit the pyramid along with an umber
Pool. Trapped. They don’t know how to leave the Endless Void and hope to learn a method of escape by observing the floating nodules from the concealment this island provides. Uneasy Retreat. Nellik
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the thieves. If they don’t have a method of flying, Emad produces another carpet of flying and loans it to the characters. He is vocal about wanting both carpets and the samovar back. Each carpet of
can avoid rolling on the table again if you don’t move this turn. 7–10 No complication Ending the Chase The chase ends when either side gives up the chase, when the Ashen Heirs escape, or when the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
. A surefire way of getting in is to tie a grappling hook to an arrow and shoot the arrow up through the hole. This method never fails to anchor the hook on something, for Xipe grabs the rope once it is
carved ivory cube about 1 foot tall stands on an ornamental table. The cube (worth 100 gp) is a trick box. To open it, two plugs on either side of the cube must be pushed in, and then its center slides
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
chair is nicely carved and padded but seems unremarkable. On either side of the dais are large, free-standing large brass candelabras each holding five white candles. In each corner on the southern
faintly traced above it. This is the location of a moving stone block described below. The block can’t be magically detected, nor will it open by physical or magical means other than the method given in area 15.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
simply walk around it, or they can climb down one side, walk across the bottom of the pit, and climb up the other side. Once you determine how a trap can be disarmed or avoided, decide the
mechanism, or clog a valve that leaks poisonous gas into a room. A Strength check is often the method for thwarting traps that can be destroyed or prevented from operating through the use of brute force. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
appear to be empty.
In the center of the room lies a human corpse clad in plate mail; a longsword lies by the corpse’s right side, and a large shield covers its legs.
If the characters are
two wooden doors in the east side of the room.
If the characters avoided making undue noise in area 20, a single smuggler (bandit) is scrubbing pots in a washbasin near the stove. He tries to flee
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
, which it passes hard by). In the middle of the city, six boulevards run north from Waterdeep Way, where they meet the road that encircles the Market. On the other side of the Market, five boulevards
cross. Street Signs Thanks to the Scriveners’, Scribes’, and Clerks’ Guild, Waterdeep has a remarkable custom of labeling its streets, and even many of its alleyways and courts. The method of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
tower might teleport from place to place. Or doors within a tavern could be revealed as a magical portal connected to various locations in far-flung lands. The DM has final approval over the method
of locomotion, and can put in place any reasonable limitations or constraints on that movement. Additionally, any method of movement should have a weakness or drawback determined by the DM. As a rule
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
devise a method of reaching the giant castle, which hangs 1,000 feet in the air. The castle has a configuration similar to that of Lyn Armaal (see chapter 9, “Castle of the Cloud Giants”) and is home
. Westbridge A village strung out along the Long Road between Red Larch and Triboar, Westbridge (so named because it lies to the west of the Stone Bridge) is home to the Harvest Inn, on the west side
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, leading to the open belfry above. Under an arrow slit looking toward the island’s western peak, a dusty desk is covered in debris and fresh bird droppings. Hinges hang on either side of each arrow
. The crevice served as both an arrow slit and as a method for those with access to spells such as gaseous form to escape the room. Survivors. The three surviving residents of the hermitage have taken
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
chains, all of which creak and groan ominously as the ship shifts in the wind. The only apparent access to the vessel’s interior is near the bow on the port side. A grate in the hull there belches
(Stealth) check while doing so. Once the grate is open, characters can drop down into area D7. The chains holding the ship aloft are too sturdy to be broken by any quick or simple method. Severing one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
Passage The rebel orcs have piled finished and rough stones against the north side of this door to keep it closed. The wooden door is bound with moldering bands of bronze, and a heavy bronze bolt
configured, it can transport up to one giant or six human-sized persons standing in each loop of the figure-8 to the glacial rift, if one of their number is holding the map. (Nosnra uses this method of escaping if he finds himself in desperate straits.)