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Player’s Handbook
You create the image of an object, a creature, or some other visible phenomenon that is no larger than a 20-foot Cube. The image appears at a spot that you can see within range and lasts for the
take a Magic action to cause the image to move to any other spot within range. As the image changes location, you can alter its appearance so that its movements appear natural for the image. For
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You create the image of an object, a creature, or some other visible phenomenon that is no larger than a 15-foot Cube. The image appears at a spot within range and lasts for the duration. The image
is purely visual; it isn’t accompanied by sound, smell, or other sensory effects.
As a Magic action, you can cause the image to move to any spot within range. As the image changes location, you
Monsters
Out of the Abyss
smaller creatures inside it at a time.
Transparent. Even when the cube is in plain sight, it takes a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to spot a cube that has neither moved nor attacked. A
check, and the creature making the attempt takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage.
The cube can hold only one Large creature or up to four Medium or
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
when the cube is in plain sight, it takes a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to spot a cube that has neither moved nor attacked. A creature that tries to enter the cube's space while
check, and the creature making the attempt takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage.
The cube can hold up to nine Large creatures or up to thirty-six
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
then climbs to a hiding spot and adheres itself to the surface to rest and wait. When prey blunders into the filament, the cave fisher reels in its meal. A group of cave fishers might work together to
stuck to it, requiring an action and a successful DC 13 Strength check to pull free. Destroying the filament deals no damage to the cave fisher. The filament crumbles away if the cave fisher takes this bonus action again.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.It’s easy to spot giff in a room: these burly folk are 7-foot-tall, hippopotamus-headed
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Every other keg of gunpowder within 20 feet of an exploding keg has a 50 percent chance of also exploding. Check each keg only once per turn, no matter how many other kegs explode around it.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
of the following lair actions; it can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Green Slime. A green slime (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide) appears on a spot on the ceiling that
check.
The slime lasts for 1 hour or until it is burned away with fire. If the slime is set on fire, it burns away after 1 round. Any creature that starts its turn in the burning slime takes 22 (4d10
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
(Perception) check.
Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack.
Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 15 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 23 Dexterity
woods and with white dragons in subarctic taiga. However, a forest controlled by a green dragon is easy to spot. A perpetual fog hangs in the air in a legendary green dragon’s wood, carrying an
Monsters
Divine Contention
(Perception) check.
Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack.
Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 15 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 23 Dexterity
controlled by a green dragon is easy to spot. A perpetual fog hangs in the air in a legendary green dragon’s wood, carrying an acrid whiff of the creature’s poison breath. The moss-covered
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
24 hours. Even if the creature can enter the temple, the magic there hinders it; whenever it makes an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw inside the temple, it must roll a d4 and
exterior. It can’t be dispelled by dispel magic, and antimagic field has no effect on it. A disintegrate spell destroys the temple instantly.
Casting this spell on the same spot every day for a year makes this effect permanent.
Juiblex
Legacy
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
remains in the slimy area or until it breaks free. The restrained creature, or another creature who can reach it, can use its action to try to break free and must succeed on a DC 21 Strength check
Guide) appears on a spot on the ceiling that Juiblex chooses within the lair. The slime disintegrates after 1 hour.
Regional Effects
The region containing Juiblex’s lair is warped by its
Gelatinous Cube
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
or smaller creatures inside it at a time.
Transparent. Even when the cube is in plain sight, it takes a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to spot a cube that has neither moved nor attacked
check, and the creature making the attempt takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage.
The cube can hold only one Large creature or up to four Medium
Monsters
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Transparent. Even when an ooze-folk is in plain sight, it takes a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check to spot an ooze-folk that has neither moved nor attacked. A creature that tries to enter the ooze
feats
Origin Feat
You know how to spot a liar, and you can get people to see your way, whether through charm, reasonable arguments, or force of will. You gain the following benefits.
Charming Presence
. When you take the Influence action, you don’t have Disadvantage on the check to influence Hostile creatures, and you have Advantage on the check to influence Indifferent creatures.
Multiple
Silent Image
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
You create the image of an object, a creature, or some other visible phenomenon that is no larger than a 15-foot cube. The image appears at a spot within range and lasts for the duration. The image
is purely visual; it isn't accompanied by sound, smell, or other sensory effects.
You can use your action to cause the image to move to any spot within range. As the image changes location, you can
Major Image
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
You create the image of an object, a creature, or some other visible phenomenon that is no larger than a 20-foot cube. The image appears at a spot that you can see within range and lasts for the
move to any other spot within range. As the image changes location, you can alter its appearance so that its movements appear natural for the image. For example, if you create an image of a creature and
Ancient Green Dragon
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
only at the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.
Tail Attack. The dragon makes
taiga. However, a forest controlled by a green dragon is easy to spot. A perpetual fog hangs in the air in a legendary green dragon’s wood, carrying an acrid whiff of the creature’s poison
Adult Green Dragon
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Basic Rules (2014)
the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.
Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail
. However, a forest controlled by a green dragon is easy to spot. A perpetual fog hangs in the air in a legendary green dragon’s wood, carrying an acrid whiff of the creature’s poison breath
Earthquake
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Basic Rules (2014)
, 10 feet wide, and extends from one edge of the spell's area to the opposite side. A creature standing on a spot where a fissure opens must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or fall in. A creature
knocked prone, and is buried in the rubble, requiring a DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check as an action to escape. The GM can adjust the DC higher or lower, depending on the nature of the rubble. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and doesn't fall prone or become buried.
Giff
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
":"piercing"} piercing damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.It’s easy to spot the giff in a room: a group of 7-foot-tall, hippopotamus-headed humanoids attired in gaudy
much damage and isn’t knocked prone.
Every other keg of gunpowder within 20 feet of an exploding keg has a 50 percent chance of also exploding. Check each keg only once per turn, no matter how many other kegs explode around it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
. Others spot the message’s presence with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check but can’t decipher it without magic.
Druidic You know Druidic, the secret language of druids. You can speak the language and use it to leave hidden messages. You and others who know this language automatically spot such a message
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
. Others spot the message’s presence with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check but can’t decipher it without magic.
Druidic You know Druidic, the secret language of druids. You can speak the language and use it to leave hidden messages. You and others who know this language automatically spot such a message
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. Others spot the message’s presence with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check but can’t decipher it without magic.
Druidic You know Druidic, the secret language of druids. You can speak the language and use it to leave hidden messages. You and others who know this language automatically spot such a message
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. Others spot the message’s presence with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check but can’t decipher it without magic.
Druidic You know Druidic, the secret language of druids. You can speak the language and use it to leave hidden messages. You and others who know this language automatically spot such a message
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
) check can approach a horse without startling it, and can even ride it. Petunia the Cow Between Conyberry and the ranch, the characters spot Petunia the cow in a field a few hundred feet off the
wind as it blows through the settlement’s burned and crumbled-down structures. As the characters make their way through or around the ruins, they spot three unsaddled riding horses grazing near an old
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
) check can approach a horse without startling it, and can even ride it. Petunia the Cow Between Conyberry and the ranch, the characters spot Petunia the cow in a field a few hundred feet off the
wind as it blows through the settlement’s burned and crumbled-down structures. As the characters make their way through or around the ruins, they spot three unsaddled riding horses grazing near an old
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Flail Snail Characters spot the slimy trail of a flail snail (see appendix D). If they wish to follow it, a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Survival) check correctly deduces which direction the snail was traveling.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Flail Snail Characters spot the slimy trail of a flail snail (see appendix D). If they wish to follow it, a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Survival) check correctly deduces which direction the snail was traveling.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
of 1d4 yuan-ti malisons (type 1), and it takes a DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check to spot them. If the characters chase after the malisons, they transform into snakes and vanish into the jungle.
succeeds on a DC 13 Wisdom (Perception) check made with disadvantage catches sight of the serpent folk as they withdraw. If this encounter occurs within 25 miles of Omu, the patrol is instead made up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
away with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check. If stragglers mentioned the rearguard but didn’t describe the spot, it is recognized as a good spot for an ambush from 100 yards away with a
. Characters might detect the ambush, with the odds depending on what they know and how they approach the area. If stragglers described the likely ambush spot to characters, it can be recognized from 200 yards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
27. Secret Tunnel The wererats use this secret tunnel to enter and leave their warrens. Oozes have also been using this route to enter Blingdenstone and join the Pudding King’s court. The secret doors are well hidden and require a successful DC 18 Wisdom (Perception) check to spot.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
27. Secret Tunnel The wererats use this secret tunnel to enter and leave their warrens. Oozes have also been using this route to enter Blingdenstone and join the Pudding King’s court. The secret doors are well hidden and require a successful DC 18 Wisdom (Perception) check to spot.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
D1. Secret Entrance One of the white rocks atop the hill acts as a stone plug embedded in the earth. Characters searching the hilltop can spot a opening beneath the base of the rock with a successful
DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check. By lashing ropes around the top of the rock, the characters can topple it with a successful DC 19 Strength (Athletics) check. A knock spell also causes it to topple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K31a). Forty feet down is area K31, and 40 feet up is a stone trapdoor in the ceiling that opens into area K47. A door in the north wall is easy to spot from this side (no ability check required) and opens into area K39.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Ability Checks An ability check is a test to see whether a character succeeds at a task that he or she has decided to attempt. The Player’s Handbook includes examples of what each ability score is
used for. The Ability Checks table summarizes that material for easy reference. Multiple Ability Checks Sometimes a character fails an ability check and wants to try again. In some cases, a character is