relief score

NPCs as Party Members

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

party: Comic Relief. A comic relief NPC helps lighten the mood of an adventure or game session, perhaps with an occasional display of ineptness or a gift for puns. Curmudgeon. A curmudgeon NPC is quick

life debt to the characters or shares their goals might fight to the death for them. You can simply decide on an NPC’s loyalty, or you can track a Loyalty Score using the following rules. Loyalty

Creating a Ranger

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

protecting the borderlands, or a significant change? What made you join up with a band of adventurers? Do you find it challenging to teach new allies the ways of the wild, or do you welcome the relief

from solitude that they offer? Quick Build You can make a ranger quickly by following these suggestions. First, make Dexterity your highest ability score, followed by Wisdom. (Some rangers who focus on

General Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

them are hidden within the features of relief carvings along the walls, including inside the jaws of many graven skulls. A secret door can be spotted by any character within 5 feet of it who has a

passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 20 or higher, or with a search and a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. Staircases Stairs in the tomb are carved out of the living rock, and each step is

4. Shagambi's Shrine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

one or more characters must have a combined Strength score of 20 or higher to push it open. 4B. Arena Gallery When one or more characters enter the shrine, read: Steps descend into a fifteen-foot-high

weapon is missing. On the far side of the chamber, a stone pedestal stands conspicuously bare. A relief on the wall behind it shows a monstrous jaguar with six snakes protruding from its shoulders

12. Wongo's Shrine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

portcullises slam shut and seal off these corridors. Each portcullis weighs 600 pounds and can be lifted by one or more characters with a combined Strength score of at least 20. A character can prevent a

sculpted relief shows a monkey-like creature tearing into a giant serpent. Cuneiform inscriptions are carved above and below the relief. Four masks of painted stone protrude from the walls; they depict

Path Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

area M9) created the golem and ordered it to attack any creature that disturbs the ruined structure. Any characters who near the ruin and have a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 16 or higher notice

an oil slick. Characters with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 18 or higher notice the oil slick if they can see the water. If flames touch the water, the entire flooded area ignites, dealing

5. Trapped Corridor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

5. Trapped Corridor A moss-covered corridor extends beyond the second door. Tree roots hang from the sagging ceiling, and the air reeks of rot and damp. Ahead, a bas-relief carving of a bearded

cannot be bent or broken, but they are spaced widely enough that a Small creature can squeeze through them. The grate can also be lifted by one or more creatures with a combined Strength score of 24 or

Area Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye

buildings litter the area. Brackish water floods nearly half of the chamber, getting deeper toward a dark tunnel to the west. Characters who have a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 12 or higher notice

kill any creature that enters the tunnel. Upon entering the tunnel for the first time, a character who has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 15 or higher notices odd waves and currents that suggest

Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

the Great Blue Devil A relief of a scowling, fiendish face made of azure mosaic tiles spans the hallway’s back wall. The face’s mouth is open, revealing a black maw, and its eyes are carved from

clouded white crystal. To the right of the mosaic is a closed door. A character who examines the relief with a Detect Magic spell or similar magic finds that the relief’s mouth radiates conjuration magic

Predator Pools

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

feet of a globe and has an Intelligence score of 10 or higher can take control of the globe by succeeding on a DC 10 Intelligence check. As part of its movement and with a successful DC 10

the attacks of these fish. 80. Black Gate Pool Beneath walls set with relief carvings of humanoid couples romantically entwined, the bottom of a slimy, dimly luminous pool is shrouded in shadow

C: Blue Phoenix Shrine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

water. A relief ornaments the walls, depicting great sea birds dipping into the waves alongside leaping fish and whimsical creatures. On entering this room, Ishvern reminds the characters to cleanse

who has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 16 or higher notices a design on its lid resembling the layout of the shrine. Although the crypt has no other visible exits, the room on the map

Zorzula's Rest Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

stagnated here. Secret Door. Characters who have a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 13 or higher notice a slight depression in the latrine’s northwest corner. Pushing on this depression reveals the

barricaded the entrance to the forge because they’re afraid of the monsters lurking there. Characters who have a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 12 or higher hear a low moaning sound and shuffling

Torrents Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

channel the water from the pool. Above the pool, a seven-foot-diameter globe of water hovers in midair. A character who has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 10 or higher notices the water symbol

colonnade is a pair of stone doors graven with a relief of a circular, saw-toothed maw. In the plaza in front of this structure, four slimy, fishlike humanoids kneel beneath a sunken stone idol of branching

Command Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

-stained furs, its head against the north wall. In a shallow niche above the bed is a bas relief of a giant, scowling duergar clenching its teeth. At the foot of the bed is a flat-topped iron trunk sealed

duergar named Dreck huddles in the southwest corner, trying to avoid detection. Despite his effort, any character with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 14 or higher notices the duergar’s cold

Far Realm Cysts

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

feet in diameter. Red Wizards use them to hold aquatic creatures for transport through the black gates. As an action, a creature that is within 5 feet of a globe and has an Intelligence score of 10 or

slab of jet-black stone sits at the center of this cavern alcove. Its sides show relief carvings of familiar humanoid faces — your own. On the wall east of the altar is a contact stone. Altar

Locations on the Grove Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

flagstone floor. The light illuminates portions of grand bas-relief carvings on the stone walls that aren’t covered with the fungus. The carvings depict dragons in various stages of raining fire down

Belak are Sir Braford and Sharwyn Hucrele (both described in appendix B). Belak’s giant frog, Kulket, lurks stealthily in the branches of the Gulthias Tree. A character who has a passive Perception score

Temple Locations T1-T9

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

large, open-air bath. Stone pillars stand along the outside wall, sculpted with relief carvings of Sune. Between the pillars, frosted windows diffuse the light from outside through the mist that hangs

(Perception) score is awakened at a time of your choice by a quiet disturbance: A kobold with white scales and purple eyes is fiddling with the lock on one of the guest room doors. He wears a patchwork dress

Areas of the Fire Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

the westernmost pair of niches. Characters with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 15 or higher notice it automatically. Otherwise, a character searching the floor for traps spots the tripwire

bas-relief images of sleeping dwarves. An unlit brazier sits in each corner, and a brass censer hangs from a chain connected to the ceiling in the chamber’s center. No one in the fire cult knows of

Scions of Giants' Gods

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

and damage rolls. Mischievous Whispers. Whispers can be heard on the wind within 1 mile of the scion. The words are indistinct, but a creature with an Intelligence score of 5 or higher interprets them

destroyed, the scion of Stronmaus inside it awakens. Among the mightiest creatures of all giantkind, the scion stands 80 feet tall. It often finds some relief in waking and being freed from its troubling

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