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Returning 30 results for 'push ways'.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Adventuring Equipment As adventurers explore, their equipment can help them in many ways. For example, they can reach out-of-the-way places with a Ladder, perceive things they wouldn’t otherwise
on adventures. The items in that chapter’s “Tools” and “Adventuring Gear” sections are especially useful. The weapons in that chapter can also be used for more than battle; you could use a Quarterstaff, for example, to push a sinister-looking button that you’re reluctant to touch.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Adventuring Equipment As adventurers explore, their equipment can help them in many ways. For example, they can reach out-of-the-way places with a Ladder, perceive things they wouldn’t otherwise
useful on adventures. The items in the “Tools” and “Adventuring Gear” sections are especially useful. The weapons in that chapter can also be used for more than battle; you could use a Quarterstaff, for example, to push a sinister-looking button that you’re reluctant to touch.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Warlocks are finders and keepers of secrets. They push at the edge of our understanding of the world, always seeking to expand their expertise. Where sages or wizards might heed a clear sign of
embrace a deity and that god’s ethos, a warlock might have no love for a patron, or vice versa. The sections that follow provide ways to embellish a warlock character that could generate some intriguing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
troubled Baldur’s Gate afterward. Each push for renewal saw a conflict between Gondan engineers advocating for new building techniques and materials, and patriars and preservationists striving to protect the
barrier is riddled with numerous secret holes through — or, more often, underneath — its stones. Knowledge of such secret passages’ locations is jealously guarded, and the hidden ways are used only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
—encourage the players to suggest ways to satisfy it. If the spirit grows displeased, the Halvhrest images push through the painting, toppling out one per round until four ghouls emerge. Each oil-paint
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
troubled Baldur’s Gate afterward. Each push for renewal saw a conflict between Gondan engineers advocating for new building techniques and materials, and patriars and preservationists striving to protect the
barrier is riddled with numerous secret holes through — or, more often, underneath — its stones. Knowledge of such secret passages’ locations is jealously guarded, and the hidden ways are used only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
passages extending hundreds of feet in all directions. The adventurers’ goal often lies as far from the dungeon entrance as possible, forcing characters to delve deeper underground or push farther
and sizes of rooms and necessitating features such as bridges and drains. Add multiple entrances and exits. Nothing gives the players a stronger sense of making real decisions than having multiple ways
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
dragged or carried — it must fly at least part of the distance. The characters can beat this challenge in several ways. The most straightforward solution is to reduce the boulder with an enlarge/reduce
spell, then use the same spell to enlarge a strong character to throw it. Other solutions might involve casting levitate on the rock and giving it a push, digging a trench for the rock to roll down the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
dragged or carried—it must fly at least part of the distance. The characters can beat this challenge in several ways. The most straightforward solution is to reduce the boulder with an enlarge/reduce spell
, then use the same spell to enlarge a strong character to throw it. Other solutions might involve casting levitate on the rock and giving it a push, digging a trench for the rock to roll down the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
simply open the chest, they prop a shield in front of it and push the chest open at a distance with an iron rod. In this case, the trap still triggers, but the hail of needles fires harmlessly into the
shield. Traps are often designed with mechanisms that allow them to be disarmed or bypassed. Intelligent monsters that place traps in or around their lairs need ways to get past those traps without
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
that their ichor forms pools and small lakes. Although the ichor is harmless on most planes of existence, it can warp creatures on the Lower Planes. Devils and other creatures have found ways to use
coated with demon ichor. Flesh Warping d100 Effect
01–05 The color of the target’s hair, eyes, and skin becomes blue, red, yellow, or patterned.
06–10 The target’s eyes push out of its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
simply open the chest, they prop a shield in front of it and push the chest open at a distance with an iron rod. In this case, the trap still triggers, but the hail of needles fires harmlessly into
the shield. Traps are often designed with mechanisms that allow them to be disarmed or bypassed. Intelligent monsters that place traps in or around their lairs need ways to get past those traps without
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
WINNING
As always in an Acquisitions Incorporated campaign, keep an open mind to alternative ways to advance the story, and don’t worry if the characters happen to lose an important fight. The face
Dangerous Business. The players might also devise any number of ways to talk their way on board. Dran Enterprises is often hiring, so the characters could pose as expert sailors or specialized
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Selesnya they are voices of memory and history, preserving old ways and keeping alive the legends of ancestral heroes. They feel a close kinship with wild animals, perhaps because of their own horse-like
your carrying capacity and the weight you can push or drag. In addition, any climb that requires hands and feet is especially difficult for you because of your equine legs. When you make such a climb
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
throughout the guild, he values results over success, accepting and even anticipating that Izzet experiments will end in gloriously unpredictable ways. However, the dragon rarely concerns himself with the
Niv-Mizzet, urges him to push his guild’s research toward increasingly dangerous and volatile experimentation. For the rest of the guild members, the search for bigger and better weapons is mainly an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
fills your mind, “Push through this vision. It only represents what Lulu wishes was true. We need to see more.”
Each character must make a DC 10 Intelligence saving throw. If one or more of the
gripping you tightly, overwhelming you with a horrible sense of loss.
“Don’t let the sludge consume you!” says Mad Maggie’s disembodied voice. “You must push through her defenses. She must look
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. Ideal. Eliander is a faithful servant of the crown. The law must be obeyed, as faithful service and iron discipline are the surest ways to maintain peace and order. Bond. Once he gives his word
clan seeks to establish here. Threats to the livelihood of the dwarves earn her wrath. Flaw. Manistrad has little patience; she tends to push for quick results over a more measured approach. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, damage their components, or discern how to avoid them. The blades are disabled if their attack bonus is reduced to −8. Ways to reduce it are described below. Intelligence (Investigation), DC 15. As
) each round after it activates, to a maximum of 55 (10d10). Countermeasures. There are a few ways that the trap can be overcome. Open the Doors. Opening the doors is the quickest way to circumvent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
me push beyond my limitations. 6 My anger needed to be channeled into battle, or I risked becoming an indiscriminate killer. Bard d6 I became a bard because … 1 I awakened my latent bardic
out those who could help me call it forth and master it. 6 I was wild and undisciplined as a youngster, but then I realized the error of my ways. I applied to a monastery and became a monk as a way to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
120 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) force damage, or 22 (4d8 + 4) force damage if the professor is Large or larger, and the professor can push the target horizontally up to 10 feet away
dimension of minds, probability, and the fabric of magic itself. Their equations shift perceptions in profound ways, alter probability, and interfere with the formation of other magic. In battle, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
opportunity to push around the lizardfolk; and the lizardfolk chafe under the abuse of the bullywugs and wonder why Voaraghamanthar doesn’t step in to protect them. Cult of the Dragon Although Rezmir
price to pay for the terror that will fall on humanity. The elf idolizes Rezmir in all ways but one: he rues her decision to elevate the bullywugs in their alliance. In Borngray’s opinion, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
opportunity to push around the lizardfolk; and the lizardfolk chafe under the abuse of the bullywugs and wonder why Voaraghamanthar doesn’t step in to protect them. Cult of the Dragon Although Rezmir
the terror that will fall on humanity. The elf idolizes Rezmir in all ways but one: he rues her decision to elevate the bullywugs in their alliance. In Borngray’s opinion, the lizardfolk would be more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
(Perception) check sees the faint outline of a doorway at the back of the tomb. The door is unlocked, swings open with a gentle push, and leads to area N8. N7: Crawlspace The cramped passage is large enough
the falling rubble. N8: Forked Tunnel The tunnel splits three ways: north toward a tight crawlspace, west toward a stone door, and south toward a foul-smelling chamber.
At the end of the west
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
unnatural ways. In three of the corners stand several red urns, most of them cracked and empty but a few still closed and glowing with eldritch glyphs.
Gout of Flame. A gout of flame blocks the passage
, that the feat can be accomplished with spells, such as dispel magic (save DC 17), gust of wind, knock, or any spell that can push the efreeti out of the area of the pool. The smoke dissipates if the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, and both wear ornate collars of silvery metal. Each stands within a square scribed onto the floor, ten feet on a side and edged with runes. The rune-marked boundaries appear to push the creatures back
investigate the wards understands the purpose of the runes, as well as the ways in which the wards can fail (see below). Trapped Stairs. Runes scribed onto the six bottom stairs leading up to the next
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
the spiders to push the characters into the webs. If the characters defeat Sajia and Zuri and the phase spiders are not in the presence of Claugiyliamatar or other Gnawbones druids, a character who
can destroy the wall in the following ways: A character who casts the disintegrate spell destroys the wall. If the statues of Dove Falconhand (in area C8), Storm Silverhand (in area C8), and Laeral
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
) check recognizes she has been Charmed. The party can end the Charmed condition on the wyrmling in the following ways: Cinnamon Bribe. Taking the Utilize action to present Briochebane with a cinnamon
gummy Mummy, the prince lies within the sarcophagus, guarded by two coconut Ice Mephits. A character can lift or push aside the sarcophagus lid with a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
century ago. After these tribesfolk were defeated, some of the fierce, mounted warriors who survived the conflict gathered to form the small nation of Yaïmunnahar. Some others cling to the old ways
ability to hold this smaller amount of territory makes it unlikely that Unther will push farther any time soon — particularly since the Untherite navy has been unable to overcome the great beast that guards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
ornamentation. Two arrow slits, one on each side of the door and each about 10 feet above the ground, guard the entrance.
The entry door is unlocked but closed and is too heavy to push open except with 1
is the same kind as the one in area Z4, and it and the broken mechanisms can be repaired in the same ways. Any character proficient in the Arcana skill can tell that a crystal can be recharged by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
look for opportunities to push characters off the bridge. If two gargoyles are defeated, the third retreats, flying to area B2 to hide. Chasm Floor. Several skeletons lie broken or half-buried on the
southeast corner of the room is badly damaged, and the walls there are little more than rubble.
The dwarves of Tyar-Besil were proud of their pastoral ways, and they celebrated their surface dominions






