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Returning 23 results for 'shield swimming'.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
up to its speed. If the dragon turtle is swimming, this movement doesn't provoke opportunity attacks.
Boiling Aura (Costs 3 Actions). The dragon turtle radiates intense heat. Until the start of the
the surrounding water—and any creatures in it. And even if an enemy wears down the dragon turtle’s defenses, magical storms manifest to shield the dragon turtle and strike at foes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
of missile snaring Wondrous item Yes Gloves of swimming and climbing Wondrous item Yes Gloves of thievery Wondrous item No Hat of disguise Wondrous item Yes Headband of intellect Wondrous item Yes
Yes Ring of warmth Ring Yes Ring of water walking Ring No Rod of the pact keeper, +1 Rod Yes (warlock) Sentinel shield Armor No Shield, +1 Armor No Slippers of spider climbing Wondrous item Yes Staff of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Haunting No Repulsion Shield† No Ring of Swimming No Ring of Water Walking No Sentinel Shield No Spell-Refueling Ring† Yes Wand of Magic Missiles No Wand of Web Yes Weapon of Warning Yes † See the
cursed* Varies Goggles of Night No Manifold Tool† Yes Repeating Shot† Yes Returning Weapon† No Rope of Climbing No Sending Stones No Shield, +1 No Wand of Magic Detection No Wand of Secrets No Wand of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet, and you have a swimming speed of 30 feet. Bite. Your fanged maw is a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you
slain beast, construct, dragon, monstrosity, or plant creature of size Small or larger to create one of the following items: a shield, a club, a javelin, or 1d4 darts or blowgun needles. To use this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
give it a walking speed of 30 feet. Burrowing Speed. Instead of a swimming speed, it has a burrowing speed of 10 feet. Using its drill, it can burrow through solid rock, leaving a 10-foot-wide, 10-foot
. Safe. Tockworth has an iron safe on the upper floor of her workshop. Shield Guardian. Tockworth found a way to animate a derelict shield guardian and now uses it to guard the front door to her workshop
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
magic, enlarge/reduce, fireball, fly, greater invisibility, ice storm, identify, mage armor, magic missile, magic weapon, misty step, polymorph, sending, shield, and suggestion. 20c. Quaggoth Den
appear to be swimming upstream, away from the basin. Close examination of these carvings reveals that the fish can be rotated. The first time all the fish are turned so that they appear to be swimming
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
it, ingrates! Those fish ain’t gonna catch themselves!”
The speaker is Grynsk Berylbore, a shield dwarf (commoner) who owns the pair of rowboats tied to the docks. The gunwale of one of the boats
the feeling Grynsk doesn’t like me very much. Or anyone who steps between him and the gold swimming in this lake. I’m Tali. I’m studying the local animal life here in Icewind Dale. I just couldn’t stay
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, which they never did. Treasure. A successful DC 13 Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals a false panel in the corner of the floor. The false floor hides a steel shield with platinum filigree in the
pounds (1 gp each). A successful DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals a thin platinum ring of swimming in the dust under a workbench, where it fell and was forgotten. V2. Stonemason’s Workshop
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
seem to indicate a very sizable cave.
Creature. When Nightscale becomes aware of intruders, the young black dragon slips into the water, quietly swimming to a point near the three stepping stones
greataxe bearing Durgeddin’s smith-mark, a +1 shield, a potion of healing, and a potion of flying. 54. The Dragon’s Passage Beneath the surface of a small pool is an underwater passage that links the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
Medium or larger creatures that lack a swimming speed, while Small and smaller creatures must swim to traverse the tunnel. Water Weird. A neutral evil water weird lurks here. It tries to ambush and
this tomb have rusted, but one shield remains intact. This shield is a cursed Shield of Missile Attraction; however, if the characters restore the ghost’s identity, Chanelle Hallwinter gratefully
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
great hunger speaks to him, his already broken mind a shield against the hunger’s shattering power. That power seems to recognize and acknowledge something in the gnome that will serve it well. The great
mad kuo-toa. You see a kuo-toa swimming in the gloomy depths of a dark, subterranean lake, uncertain. It turns left and right, trying to find something, even as it’s surrounded by a fanged creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
original sign, an enchanted wooden shield. Painted black, the circular shield displayed an image of a curved silver saber gripped by a pale, slender arm. An enchantment on the shield caused glimmering
the shield’s only magic, and that it did exactly what she intended it to do: draw in business. Still, it appears that there’s more to the shield’s story, for recently both Aurayaun and the shield
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
touch, mage hand, minor illusion, prestidigitation, ray of frost
1st level (4 slots): expeditious retreat, ice knife,* magic missile, shield
2nd level (3 slots): blur, hold person
3rd level (2
(human), neutral evil
Armor Class 14 (shield)
Hit Points 22 (4d8 + 4)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
15 (+2)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
13 (+1)
INT
10 (+0)
WIS
11 (+0
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
before entering it. A bronze torch glowing with a magical light lies next to the corpse of a bare-chested man with a shield in the shape of a crab shell and a broken shark-toothed sword. Several
shield and broken sword), two lizardfolk, an ogre, and a male halfling in the robes of a cleric of Sune, and a female half-elf fighter in battered plate armor. Treasure The harpies have collected loot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
original sign, an enchanted wooden shield. Painted black, the circular shield displayed an image of a curved silver saber gripped by a pale, slender arm. An enchantment on the shield caused glimmering
the shield’s only magic, and that it did exactly what she intended it to do: draw in business. Still, it appears that there’s more to the shield’s story, for recently both Aurayaun and the shield
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the aberration. Whispered Message. A creature that touches the reef hears a faint message whispered in Deep Speech: “Bend the knee, pearl. The god Ogrorlo, the shield and our protector, rests here
underwater, its walking speed is 0 feet, and its swimming speed is 40 feet. It has a +4 bonus to Dexterity (Stealth) checks. It doesn’t have the Constrict action option. C7. Cove Gorge This gorge goes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
and 2d6 cultists of Evil Water (all with swimming speeds of 30 feet and the ability to breathe water), with 1d2 chuuls (attitude for all: 1d4 +1)
3 1 rime hulk* (attitude: 1d6) wailing and
water elemental myrmidons† (attitude: 1d6 + 2) barring a passage or portal
12 1 leviathan† (attitude: 1d8) swimming through an exceptionally high tide
†Monsters marked with a dagger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
manufactured armor, its Armor Class is based on the type of armor worn (see chapter 5 of the Player’s Handbook for armor types). If the monster carries a shield, apply the shield bonus to its AC as normal. A
, or swimming speed. Flying Monster. Increase the monster’s effective Armor Class by 2 (not its actual AC) if it can fly and deal damage at range and if its expected challenge rating is 10 or lower
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
characters to explore the cave unhindered. The toads attack if their eggs are threatened. Treasure. Wedged into the crack where the stream begins is a +1 Shield emblazoned with the image of a brightly
and swimming in the lake with the giant otters (area G18). If the characters are respectful, the centaurs invite them inside for tea sweetened with honey. The bees are docile unless their hive is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
. Slime Pools These pools bubble with a dark green slime and are 15 feet deep. Swimming through the viscous slime requires a successful DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check. A creature that fails this check
Baldur’s Gate. Alusair Nacacia Obarskyr is a human wearing plate armor and carrying a shield emblazoned with the image of a dragon. She was a brave knight who served as the regent of Cormyr. Storm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. Peering into the water’s depths reveals thin, pale faces staring back, dark monsters swimming past, and glimpses of distant realms. A creature can wade through the water safely, but any creature that
debris. The knight wears a helm adorned with feathery wings, and he is holding a longsword and a shield.
Nothing of value remains in the study. Any hags of the Hourglass Coven who retreated to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
20 feet to area X28. X16. Panopticus Guard Station This room contains the following features: Five bald shield dwarves, their heads covered with purple eye tattoos, sit around the edge of a glowing
the middle of the area is a 10-foot-diameter, 2-foot-deep circular pool containing luminous green brine. Swimming in the brine are four intellect devourers. If it has not been encountered and defeated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
scimitar and a shield, as well as 23 sp and 4 gp in a belt pouch. 4. Tower Shell This circular area is cobbled with cracked granite, upon which sprawl the bodies of four goblins, apparently slain in
sealing this chamber portrays a dragon-like fish swimming.
The door is locked but can be opened with thieves’ tools and a successful DC 20 Dexterity check. If the door is opened, read: This ten






