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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
environments abundant with life. They share apes’ adeptness at climbing, although few trees can support the weight of these half-ton creatures. The ruins of cities, especially those found in deep
appearance and attraction to ruins lead sages to believe they were created through magic to serve as guardians for some lost empire. When that empire fell ages ago, girallons turned feral and spread
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
systems for riches and adventure. They often serve as navigators aboard spelljamming ships. To them, the Astral Plane is a mostly uncharted expanse worthy of further exploration.
Hadozees
Hadozees are
slender, highly adaptive Humanoids with simian features and their own language. Their feet are fully as dexterous as their hands, even to the extent of having toes that serve as opposable thumbs
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
features and their own language. Their feet are fully as dexterous as their hands, even to the extent of having toes that serve as opposable thumbs. Membranes of skin hang loosely from their arms and legs
. Today, Wildspace is where most of them feel at home. Hadozees are often hired as mercenary crews by other spacefaring folk. Their natural climbing ability comes in handy, as does their ability to
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
and their own language. Their feet are fully as dexterous as their hands, even to the extent of having toes that serve as opposable thumbs. Membranes of skin hang loosely from their arms and legs
. Today, Wildspace is where most of them feel at home. Hadozees are often hired as mercenary crews by other spacefaring folk. Their natural climbing ability comes in handy, as does their ability to glide
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
":"Claws","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.In the deep sinkholes that serve as laboratories and guildhalls for the Simic Combine, biomancers employ a combination of magic and scientific
narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.
2
Aquatic. The krasis gains a swimming speed equal to its walking speed.
3
Climbing Speed. The krasis gains a climbing speed equal to its walking
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
"} slashing damage.
In the deep sinkholes that serve as laboratories and guildhalls for the Simic Combine, biomancers employ a combination of magic and scientific method to create novel life
squeezing.
2
Aquatic. The krasis gains a swimming speed equal to its walking speed.
3
Climbing Speed. The krasis gains a climbing speed equal to its walking speed.
4
Cryptic Skin
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
succeed on a DC 19 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.In the deep sinkholes that serve as laboratories and guildhalls for the Simic Combine, biomancers employ a combination of magic and scientific
narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.
2
Aquatic. The krasis gains a swimming speed equal to its walking speed.
3
Climbing Speed. The krasis gains a climbing speed equal to its walking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Hadozees Hadozees are slender, highly adaptive Humanoids with simian features and their own language. Their feet are fully as dexterous as their hands, even to the extent of having toes that serve as
. Their natural climbing ability comes in handy, as does their ability to glide. A hadozee accustomed to space travel knows how to use a ship’s gravity plane to its advantage in combat, by diving off one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Living on natural stone shelves inside the crevasse are eight quaggoths that serve the drow.
The quaggoths can climb the crevasse without having to make an ability check, as can other creatures with a
natural climbing speed. A successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check is needed otherwise. Moving across the trunk without slipping or falling requires a successful DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
wilderness and among barbarians and rangers, and many Scouts serve as the eyes and ears of war bands. Ambusher, spy, bounty hunter — these are just a few of the roles that Scouts assume as they range
proficiencies. Superior Mobility At 9th level, your walking speed increases by 10 feet. If you have a climbing or swimming speed, this increase applies to that speed as well. Ambush Master Starting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
serve to divide the Upper City into a variety of distinct neighborhoods. Citadel Streets. The northern part of the Upper City is dominated by the Watch Citadel, where the Watch conducts training
their lineages back to Balduran’s day. Climbing gardens, fountained courtyards, and private orchards adorn many of these elegant homes. Temples. Grand cathedrals and shrines shape the skyline in this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
serve to divide the Upper City into a variety of distinct neighborhoods. Citadel Streets. The northern part of the Upper City is dominated by the Watch Citadel, where the Watch conducts training
their lineages back to Balduran’s day. Climbing gardens, fountained courtyards, and private orchards adorn many of these elegant homes. Temples. Grand cathedrals and shrines shape the skyline in this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
temperate or warm forest environments abundant with life. They share apes’ adeptness at climbing, although few trees can support the weight of these half-ton creatures. The ruins of cities, especially those
attraction to ruins lead sages to believe they were created through magic to serve as guardians for some lost empire. When that empire fell ages ago, girallons turned feral and spread out across the world
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
searching and a successful DC 18 Wisdom (Perception) check. Flying creatures can spot the staircase more easily, gaining advantage on the check. Climbing the steps requires no checks, but it takes 1
salamanders brought from the Elemental Plane of Fire by Mekkalath’s magic. The salamanders serve Mekkalath, patrolling the hill and performing errands for him. A stairway in the back of the hall descends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
anyone who succeeds on a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check and can be reached by climbing with a successful DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check. These caves serve as the lairs of the harpies that use the pool
investigates finds a considerable amount of feather-encrusted filth, along with the following items: A total of 39 sp Seven turquoise stones carved with the symbols of random deities (25 gp each) A potion of climbing A spell scroll of sleep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) slashing damage.
Forest Hunters. Girallons are most common in temperate or warm forest environments abundant with life. They share the ape’s adeptness at climbing
another sort of forest — and better yet, one whose uppermost “branches” can easily support the creatures. In such a setting, the girallons take full advantage of their skill in climbing. The creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
not only prevent the statue from being toppled but also allow the effigy to serve as a component in a ritual to create a tree blight (see “Druids’ Ritual” in the “Special Events” section below
out of the statue’s chest. Climbing up the statue is a simple matter, requiring no ability check, and a character within reach of the chest cavity can use an action to dig into it. Have that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
resemble Halaster (see “Stonecloaks”) stand watch on the cavern floor. One is positioned near the tunnel to area 9a; the other is close to the tunnel to area 6a.
The gargoyles serve Halaster. They
(7d12 + 7) hit points, and walking and climbing speeds of 10 feet. It can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Its ability scores are as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
storm giants) and be subjugated or hunted in other realms. Humanoids might align themselves (voluntarily or otherwise) with different giant kinds, allowing the giants of the ordning to serve as
underground fortresses where dwarves sheltered against giants’ attacks. If exploring giant-sized dungeons is the norm, characters are likely prepared for climbing huge stairs and navigating other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
repairing the frost giants’ lodges and freeing several greatships (giant-sized longships) entombed in the ice. These humans respect the might of the frost giants and, being evil themselves, serve the giants
frost giants moor their enormous ships.
Ceilings. Unless otherwise noted, ceilings inside the lodges are 40 feet high with 30-foot-high rafters.
Climbing. A creature can scale the icy cliffs of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
and slender. Many goblins prefer to go unshod to leave their toes exposed for climbing. Unfettered Emotion Creatures of raw impulse, goblins are found among guilds that value that quality
, particularly the Izzet (where they typically serve as attendants for researchers), the Gruul (in camps that form hapless buffers between the clans and civilized regions), the Rakdos (putting their love of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
can pass through narrow openings in the wall. Climbing over the wall requires a successful DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check. The wall can be easily broken apart or pushed down, but doing so creates a
Undermountain by Halaster. Its task is to prevent intruders from looting the dungeon. It uses telepathy to command the nothics, which serve it out of fear. Rex the Hammer. Rex was the founder and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
easier to run. In the safety of its lair, outside the view of any would-be enemies, a beholder can use any of its eye rays whenever it wants to. Many of them serve as tools. Antimagic Cone The magic
falling block trap. This ray allows a beholder to station its minions in parts of the lair that can otherwise be accessed only by climbing or flying, preventing the occupants from escaping. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
or similar magic. Escape. A creature needs a Climb Speed, climbing gear, or magic such as Spider Climb to scale the pit’s smooth walls. (You can make the pit easier to escape by adding cracks in the
walls big enough to serve as handholds and footholds.) At Higher Levels. You can scale the trap for higher levels by increasing the pit’s depth and damage, as shown in the following table. Levels Pit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
magic. Escape. A creature needs a Climb Speed, climbing gear, or magic such as Spider Climb to scale the pit’s smooth walls. (You can make the pit easier to escape by adding cracks in the walls big
enough to serve as handholds and footholds.) At Higher Levels. You can scale the trap for higher levels by increasing the pit’s depth and damage, as shown in the following table. Levels Pit Depth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
own goal. Obstacles such as trees, streams, and piles of rubble can be present on a hrazhak field, requiring the competitors to make full use of their jumping and climbing abilities. Idols can be
the Stone Trees, part of the Cornerstone district, where the matches serve as both a spectator sport and a reason for gambling. Shifters created temporary hrazhak fields in the slums and warehouse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
pestilent swamp, climbing each spire to its steep, walled-off heights. Notorious kingpins, brazen embezzlers, and brooding criminal masterminds look down on petty larcenists from their towering hideouts, but
other. Grifters, bullies, and bandits serve as minions for Torch’s numerous criminal syndicates, seedy organizations preoccupied with robbing each other and destroying rival guilds. The gate-town is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
can be made to climb the stairs without an ability check. Mules, being surefooted, can climb the steps with ease and don’t need to be coaxed. Chimera Lair After climbing 350 feet, the staircase is
mostly, with a few orc and dwarf bones). The staircase resumes on the opposite side of the ledge, climbing another 150 feet to area 2. In the back of its lair, the chimera has a nest of bones, bits of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
. Ctenmiir’s coffin has a speed of 30 feet and a climbing speed of 10 feet, and protects the vampire from sunlight even as it prevents him from escaping his servitude. Though Ctenmiir is able to speak
into the mountains, and can provide warnings of early encounters through the fey woods and foothills (see “Reaching the Peaks,” below, and appendix A). The vampire’s coffin can also serve as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
between the two escarpments. It strikes at any creature that disturbs it, which includes characters scrambling up the slope. A climbing character with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 13 or
, which drains out the western end of the chamber to form the stream that flows from the cave mouth below. Low fieldstone walls serve as dams holding the water in. A wide exit stands to the south, while
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Adventure Models Giants serve as adversaries in many D&D adventures, but that’s not the only possible role for them in your game. This section outlines five broad categories of adventures, including
there serve them while they recover. 2 A dragon and a giant, in the middle of a fierce battle, suddenly fall from the sky into a town square. Neither combatant is concerned about protecting the people
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
protected against intruders by monstrous guardians. Dory lives in the suspended ship. Reaching the ship without magic requires climbing the crane, which takes a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check
turn in the steaming water takes 1 fire damage and is poisoned until the start of its next turn. (The creatures that serve Dory spend all their time in the water and have become immune to it.)
D8
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
. Blocked Stairs. Slabs of stone, each 5 feet high, block the stairs that descend into this hall along the north and east sides. Climbing over a slab costs 10 feet of movement. Once over a slab, a
feet high. Climbing into a niche costs 10 feet of movement. Dungeon State. If the otyugh is given a glyph key to the Prison of Filth and told how to use a black gate, it teleports to area 41 and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
her, so be it, but her tragedy didn’t ennoble Zalkoré or make her a better person; it turned her into a monster. The medusa is not alone in the cursed garden. Eblis serve her as sentinels and spies
dome can be read only by climbing to the mezzanine, but the decrepit condition of the stairs and balcony makes this venture risky. A character who climbs the steps must make a successful DC 10 Dexterity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
a large piece of wood that could serve as a maul approaches you and politely asks if you have any copper to spare. 03–04 Down a nearby alleyway, a dwarf punches a goblin in the stomach, then walks
!" a priest of the Sovereign Host cries, pointing to a grimy halfling clutching a silver chain and climbing up the side of a tower. 49–50 A young woman using a crutch and missing a leg approaches, asking