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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the remains back to a semblance of life in the form of a gnoll witherling.
Witherlings travel with their comrades and try to kill anything in their path. They don’t eat and aren’t motivated
service to Yeenoghu or dedicated to the survival of their kin, gnoll war bands seek to soften up foes with surprise attacks and to leave no survivors alive.PoisonRampage. After the witherling reduces a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
viciously barbed heads. Even when a hunter doesn’t kill their target with their first shot, the arrow strike brings so much pain that the victim is hobbled in its attempt to run away.
Gnolls
The first gnolls were hyenas transformed by magic. Many of them were then corrupted by the demon lord Yeenoghu. Whether in service to Yeenoghu or dedicated to the survival of their kin, gnoll war
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
logging industry is essential to the growth and survival of Ten-Towns, and Speaker Nimsy Huddle has assured the other speakers that Lonelywood's “moose problem” will be dealt with in short order
. Hunters have been dispatched to kill the moose, but it has eluded them so far. From what the hunters have seen, their prey is smarter than the average moose, and its white hide makes it hard to spot in the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
(Survival) check is required to identify it.
Effects of the Mold
Any creature that comes within 5 feet of russet mold must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw as the mold emits a puff of spores. On
to kill, since weapons and most types of damage do it no harm. Effects that deal acid, necrotic, or radiant damage kill 1 square foot of russet mold per 1 damage dealt. A pound of salt, a gallon of
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
in places that are dark, warm, and wet. Russet mold that spreads out across a metal object can be mistaken for rust, and a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) or Wisdom (Survival) check is
Small corpse, two from a Medium corpse, four from a Large corpse, eight from a Huge corpse, or sixteen from a Gargantuan corpse.
Destroying the Mold
Russet mold can be hard to kill, since weapons and
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
across a metal object can be mistaken for rust, and a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) or Wisdom (Survival) check is required to identify it.
Effects of the Mold
Any creature that comes within
from a Huge corpse, or sixteen from a Gargantuan corpse.
Destroying the Mold
Russet mold can be hard to kill, since weapons and most types of damage do it no harm. Effects that deal acid, necrotic
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
that feeds on the blood of the living. It cackles maniacally when it catches the scent of its prey and quickly moves in for the kill, tearing away flesh with its claws, gorging on meat and blood, and
-li was a fang of Yeenoghu, a powerful gnoll whose pack invaded Icewind Dale more than a century ago. When the gnolls’ wanton slaughter of reindeer herds threatened the survival of the Reghed
Urchin
Legacy
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
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3
I owe my survival to another urchin who taught me to live on the streets.
4
I owe a debt I can never repay to the person who took pity on me.
5
I escaped my life of poverty by
;d rather kill someone in their sleep than fight fair.
5
It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else.
6
People who can’t take care of themselves get what they deserve.
Yuan-ti Pureblood
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
of purebloods and slaves are thrown at opposing forces in the hope of allowing the malisons and abominations time to escape.
Survival First
Yuan-ti are likely to retreat or flee from conflict if
that the yuan-ti have prepared a special ambush at the end of the pursuit.
Capture, Not Kill
The objective of the yuan-ti as a race is to conquer and enslave others; they don’t espouse the sort
Backgrounds
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
: Athletics, Survival
Tool Proficiencies: Navigator’s tools, vehicles (space)
Equipment: A belaying pin (club), a set of traveler’s clothes, a grappling hook, 50 feet of hempen rope, and a
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7
Neogi*
8
Space clown*
9
Vampirate*
10
Void scavver*
Feature: Wildspace Adaptation
You gain the Tough feat from the Player’s Handbook. In addition, you learned how
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Golgari, no fear of death or taboo about the dead, just a fierce affirmation of the cycle.
Skill Proficiencies: Nature, Survival
Tool Proficiencies: Poisoner’s kit
Languages
by reminding them of death’s inevitable approach.
Personality Traits
d8
Personality Trait
1
Remember, I could kill you in your sleep. Or put centipedes in your bedroll
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
intrigues of interest in the group are.
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the guild artisan background in the Player’s Handbook as the basis for your traits and motivations
from guild coffers.
4
I’m never satisfied with what I have—I always want more.
5
I would kill to acquire a noble title.
6
I’m horribly jealous of anyone who can outshine my handiwork. Everywhere I go, I’m surrounded by rivals.
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
owe my survival to another urchin who taught me to live on the streets.
4
I owe a debt I can never repay to the person who took pity on me.
5
I escaped my life of poverty by robbing an
kill someone in their sleep than fight fair.
5
It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else.
6
People who can’t take care of themselves get what they deserve.
Orc
Legacy
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
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4
To avenge Gruumsh, I will kill every elf I see.
5
I will seek and destroy those who murdered my tribe.
6
I owe my survival to a non-orc.
Orc Flaws
d6
Flaw
1
I
in the form of savagery and relentlessness, as orcs ravage and kill to appease the gods in order to avoid their terrible retribution.
At the pinnacle of the orc pantheon is Gruumsh One-Eye, who
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
home, the rain your shelter, and the crashing waves your battle cry.
Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Survival
Tool Proficiencies: Vehicles (water, land)
Equipment: A dagger that
the normal amount of time (up to 16 hours) each day before being subject to the effect of a forced march (see “Travel Pace” in chapter 8 of the Player’s Handbook). Additionally
Kobold
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
where the townsfolk would try to hunt down all kobolds and put the tribe’s survival at risk.
Some aggressive individual kobolds and tribes do exist, but in general kobolds don’t purposely
needles all over the floor — petty, vengeful acts that humiliate, injure, or anger the gnomes, but not so much that the gnomes want to hunt down and kill the kobolds. Because of the kobolds&rsquo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
. Have each character make a DC 12 ability check. Each player chooses which check to make based on their character’s role aboard the ship:
Captain: Wisdom (Survival) or Charisma (Persuasion
extinguishing the flames requires each character to make a DC 13 ability check. Each player chooses which check to make based on their character’s role aboard the ship:
Captain: Wisdom (Survival) or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Survival Gear”, for more information about cold weather clothing. Trinkets Appendix A provides a table of trinkets appropriate for characters who start their adventuring careers in Icewind Dale. A
player whose character has a trinket can roll on this table instead of the Trinkets table in the Player’s Handbook.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Exploring This Level The following locations are keyed to map 4. A tributary of the Sargauth River called the River of the Depths enters Undermountain here and flows down to level 5. View Player
this soft ground, Wisdom (Survival) checks made to track creatures on this level are made with advantage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
successful DC 13 Intelligence (Nature) check. Specimen Identification. Recalling the correct names of flora with arcane uses based on sight, smell, and texture requires a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Survival
) check. Have each player note their character’s Exam results—how many Student Dice they gained and what skills they used during the test—on their copies of the tracking sheet.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Dice Rolling Establish expectations about rolling dice. Rolling in full view of everyone is a good starting point. If you see a player rolling and scooping the dice up before anyone else can see
, encourage that player to be less secretive. When a die falls on the floor, do you count it or reroll it? When it lands cocked against a book, do you pull the book away and see where it lands, or reroll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
. An obvious trail also leads west, deeper into the Mere of Dead Men. With a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Survival) check, the adventurers can also learn the following: A large number of tracks are apparent
Player Version Following the Tracks Most of the time, the tracks are easy to follow. However, occasionally the trail runs through very swampy water, and tracking becomes more difficult. In order to catch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
commit great deeds in battle. 4 To avenge Gruumsh, I will kill every elf I see. 5 I will seek and destroy those who murdered my tribe. 6 I owe my survival to a non-orc. Orc Flaws d6 Flaw 1 I have a
many an orc.
— Elminster
Orc Personality Traits d6 Personality Trait 1 I never relinquish my weapon. 2 I welcome any chance to prove my battle skills. 3 I always appear like I am about to kill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
player characters—they’re heroes who can always kill a minion in one hit. Overkill Damage Illustrated
Imagine a fighter is making a melee attack with a shortsword against a lackey, and two more
Optional Rule: Tough Minions Minions of a higher challenge rating, such as fire giants, make for powerful foes. Consequently, it could break the game’s verisimilitude for an NPC commoner to kill such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
them. As another unusual feature of this adventure, the villains aren’t meant to be killed, nor are they out to kill the player characters. The villains are after a treasure hoard, and the adventurers
several of the encounters in chapter 4. The villain you choose opposes the player characters, while the villains you don’t choose become part of the backdrop and could help the characters or hinder
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
next game (assuming the participant wants to keep playing). Life and Death Life and death is a dice game played between the house (represented by a dealer) and a player. While up to five players can
sit at a table, their only opponent is the house. To play, each player places a bet; once bets have been placed, the house and the players each roll a d20. If a player rolls lower than the dealer, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
toad as a young boy. He’d kill us for telling you that.”
Mackerel and Trout know that frogs commonly huddle near the river. A character who spends at least 15 minutes walking along the shoreline
can make a DC 13 Wisdom (Survival) check, locating 1d4 frogs on a success. Catching a frog requires a successful DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
creatures to migrate southward or die. As go the reindeer, so go the Reghed tribesfolk. In time, even the lakes freeze solid, depriving Ten-Towners of the knucklehead trout upon which their survival
opposed by duergar at every turn. The ice devils help clear the way for the duergar, who aren’t going anywhere unless the characters kill Xardorok Sunblight and put an end to his line. Once Ten-Towns is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the duration of the charm effect to 12 hours. Humanoid thralls that resist the rod’s magic often choose to maintain the appearance of being charmed for the sake of their own survival, because the nagas
kill or chain up those they can’t magically enslave. Shortly after the Ssethian Scourges defeated their yuan-ti foes, a tribe of bullywugs led by a death slaad appeared in the Slitherswamp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
gather food and water if the party travels at a normal or slow pace. A foraging character makes a Wisdom (Survival) check. The DC is typically 15, but might be as high as 20 in some parts of the
provision the party, and there’s always a chance for the characters to encounter others from whom they can buy or steal provisions. Additionally, many creatures the adventurers might meet and kill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, the guards shout loud enough to put the camp on alert (see “Camp Roster” below). Reghed nomads, regardless of clan or tribe, try to capture intruders rather than kill them, giving the chieftain (or king
Common and has Survival +5. Great Warrior. Serving the chieftain as a bodyguard and executioner is a gladiator in hide armor who speaks Common and has Survival +5. This great warrior is often the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
fire crackles in the hearth in Speaker Huddle’s cluttered kitchen.
“Our loggers are being terrorized by a white moose,” says Speaker Huddle, “and the beast has eluded the hunters we’ve sent to kill
it. We depend on the forest for our survival. I wouldn’t be a very good town speaker if I let a dumb moose get the better of us. Will you help?”
If the characters demand more than tasty treats as an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Substitute Features A player can choose one of the following features to replace the feature normally granted by his or her character’s background. Optional Feature: Deep Delver You have a knack for
with foraging and survival in the Underdark, and can determine when sources of food and water are safe to consume. You can always find sufficient food and water for yourself and up to five other people
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
sublevels View Player Version S1: Tunnels As Clystran departs and the characters venture into the cave tunnels, read the following: The tunnels leading into the foundations of the flying citadel are
, and sloping tunnels make these passages a maze. To navigate the tunnels to area S2 without incident, the characters must succeed on a DC 16 group Wisdom (Survival) check. If more than half the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
47. Devil on the Loose A conjurer named Yarek summoned a bone devil in area 48 and promised to set it free on the condition that it kill his nemesis, Skrianna Shadowdusk. The bone devil agreed. After
Yarek released the devil, it immediately murdered him. To fulfill its agreement with the mage, the devil must now kill Skrianna. Wards placed on these chambers prevent the devil from leaving, however






