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Spicule’s vast tome contains secrets concerning celestials and how to use them to fuel dark magic. You must spend 50 hours studying this tome to gain the following benefits:
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parts of Celestials and use them to fuel dark magic. You can harvest a heart, eye, or other useful organ from a Celestial’s corpse with a successful DC 16 Wisdom (Survival) check. You can use a
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Species
The Tortle Package
test, and make new acquaintances.
Life of a Tortle
A tortle hatches from a thick-shelled egg and spends the first few weeks of its life crawling on all fours. Its parents, old and near death, spend
wilderness in which to hunt, catch fish, and get by. With each passing year, a tortle hones its survival skills. It forms friendships with its neighbors while also respecting their privacy. At some
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
the path to Baldur’s Gate fully understanding the complex social morass that awaits. You enter the city an outsider, and it’s likely that—no matter how long you spend in the city&mdash
Proficiencies: Athletics, Survival
Tool Proficiencies: One type of musical instrument
Languages: One of your choice
Equipment: A staff, a hunting trap, a trophy from an animal you killed, a set of traveler
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
art of fishing, and the promise of the eternal horizon.
Skill Proficiencies: History, Survival
Languages: One of your choice
Equipment: Fishing tackle, a net, a
creature of pure water, but your brief romance ended tragically.
Suggested Characteristics
Fishers succeed only if they spend time at their jobs. As such, most fishers have a strong
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
their journey. They can choose to camp in the woods or veer eastward and spend their long rest at Falcon’s Hunting Lodge. The party member with the highest Wisdom (Survival) modifier is the most
10 Wisdom (Survival) check. If the check succeeds, the party stays on course. If the check fails, the party gets back on course after wasting 1d4 miles of movement going in the wrong direction.
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
their champion, and your destiny calls you to stand against the tyrants and monsters that threaten the common folk everywhere.
Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling, Survival
Tool
can spend 2d10 minutes to convince 1d6 commoners to perform a non-illegal act that inconveniences a member of the Watch or Flaming Fist, a patriar, or some other wealthy looking individual.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, indentured drow at the bottom of the ladder spend their lives laboring for another house’s gain, and powerful drow at the top of society spend their time trying not to be assassinated or framed for
them. Survival for a solitary drow underground is nearly impossible. The main routes through the Underdark are dotted with drow guard posts, and the back ways are prowled by ropers, mind flayers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Con 14 +2 +4
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 11 +0 +0
Wis 12 +1 +3
Cha 11 +0 +0
Skills Stealth +6, Survival +3
Gear Chain Shirt, Javelins (6), Morningstar
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 11
Languages Common, Goblin
CR 3 (XP 700; PB +2)
Traits
Abduct. The bugbear needn’t spend extra movement to move a creature it is grappling.
Actions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the dogsled before ordering the ogre zombie to march.) Any character who examines these tracks and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Survival) check identifies the creature tracks as belonging to an ogre
within a mile of the outpost, they discover that the wind has erased the tracks they’ve been following, making it difficult for them to find the exact destination. For every hour the characters spend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
Life of a Tortle A tortle hatches from a thick-shelled egg and spends the first few weeks of its life crawling on all fours. Its parents, old and near death, spend what little time they have left
fish, and get by. With each passing year, a tortle hones its survival skills. It forms friendships with its neighbors while also respecting their privacy. At some point, a tortle feels an almost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Wis 12 +1 +3
Cha 11 +0 +0
Skills Stealth +6, Survival +3
Gear Chain Shirt, Javelins (6), Morningstar
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 11
Languages Common, Goblin
CR 3 (XP 700; PB +2)
Traits
Abduct. The bugbear needn’t spend extra movement to move a creature it is grappling.
Actions
Multiattack. The bugbear makes two Javelin or Morningstar attacks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Con 13 +1 +1
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 8 −1 −1
Wis 11 +0 +0
Cha 9 −1 −1
Skills Stealth +6, Survival +2
Gear Hide Armor, Light Hammers (3)
Senses
Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 10
Languages Common, Goblin
CR 1 (XP 200; PB +2)
Traits
Abduct. The bugbear needn’t spend extra movement to move a creature it is grappling.
Actions
Grab
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
9 −1 −1
Skills Stealth +6, Survival +2
Gear Hide Armor, Light Hammers (3)
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 10
Languages Common, Goblin
CR 1 (XP 200; PB +2)
Traits
Abduct. The bugbear needn’t spend extra movement to move a creature it is grappling.
Actions
Grab. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 10 ft. Hit: 9 (2d6 + 2) Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Medium
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
knucklehead trout, while most of the others spend their days in the forest felling and hewing the trees that are used to construct boats and buildings. Lonelywood’s timber is taken by cart to be sold in other
other in the streets. The realities of survival demand that the residents live and work together, and not dwell on history. A visitor can make many friends here but would be wise not to drudge up the dark deeds of anyone’s past in this small town.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fated Flight of the Recluse
(Survival) checks made to avoid getting lost, as shown in the Airship Travel Conditions table. Airship Travel Weather 1d6 Weather 1–3 Clear skies 4–5 Light Precipitation 6 Heavy precipitation Piloting
within can take turns piloting the ship, allowing the ship to make progress for more than 8 hours per day. A character operating the Helm makes a Wisdom (Survival) check at the end of their eight-hour
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
eagles who speak Common, welcome the characters to Derwyth’s wood. The eagles are loyal to Derwyth and friendly to those who regard her home with respect. They spend their days soaring over the valley
the party must make a DC 15 Wisdom (Survival) check to navigate the valley’s tangled thickets. On a successful check, the characters reach the homestead without issue. On a failed check, they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
entrance, with very recent goblin tracks leading in. If a character succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception or Survival) check, they also notice a pair of human-sized boot tracks leading into the cave
adventure text.
In this case, nothing else they do is likely to move the action of the adventure forward. If it sounds like they plan to wait outside for something to happen or otherwise spend time
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Characters without water and Rations can stave off dehydration and malnutrition by gathering food and water as they travel. A foraging character makes a Wisdom (Survival) check once per journey stage
unnecessary in your game. Even if the characters are in a desert, you can assume that a character with proficiency in the Survival skill can find enough food and water to sustain the party. Make sure you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
tortles like to see how other folk live. A tortle can spend decades away from their native land without feeling homesick, often viewing their current companions as their family. Tortle The generic tortle
15 (+2)
DEX
10 (+0)
CON
12 (+1)
INT
11 (+0)
WIS
13 (+1)
CHA
12 (+1)
Skills Athletics +4, Survival +3
Senses passive Perception 11
Languages
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
the end of a tortle’s life, and a tortle can spend decades away from its native land without feeling homesick. Tortles view the world as a place of everyday wonder. They live for the chance to hear a
22 (4d8 + 4)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
15(+2)
DEX
10(+0)
CON
12(+1)
INT
11(+0)
WIS
13(+1)
CHA
12(+1)
Skills Athletics +4, Survival +3
Senses passive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
doesn’t require you to spend any coin, but it is time-consuming. If you spend your time between adventures practicing a profession as described in chapter 8, you can eke out the equivalent of a poor lifestyle. Proficiency in the Survival skill lets you live at the equivalent of a comfortable lifestyle.
rich and powerful, and spend evenings in the company of politicians, guild leaders, high priests, and nobility. You must also contend with the highest levels of deceit and treachery. The wealthier you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
fighting back. He was killed by the awakened zurkhwoods and left behind. The duergar’s scale mail is not salvageable. The carrion crawler plans to spend the next several hours quietly devouring its
war pick, three javelins stuck in a felled zurkhwood, and an empty lapis lazuli flask (50 gp). A thorough search of the grove accompanied by a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception or Survival) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
-consuming. If you spend your time between adventures practicing a profession, you can eke out the equivalent of a poor lifestyle. Proficiency in Survival the skill lets you live at the equivalent of a comfortable lifestyle.
, retain the most skilled and fashionable tailor, and have servants attending to your every need. You receive invitations to the social gatherings of the rich and powerful, and spend evenings in the company
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
)
CHA
16 (+3)
Saving Throws Dex +5, Wis +5
Skills Perception +9, Stealth +5, Survival +5
Damage Resistances cold, fire
Damage Immunities acid, poison
Condition Immunities paralyzed
ignores difficult terrain, and magical effects can’t reduce its speed. It can spend 5 feet of movement to automatically remove the grappled condition from itself.
Magic Resistance. The farastu has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
tracks of the militia and gawkers. A character who has proficiency in Survival can attempt a DC 15 Wisdom (Survival) check. On a success, the character determines that the odd tracks were made by at
least three separate creatures. Anyone can try to follow the tracks by making a DC 17 Wisdom (Survival) check. On a failed check, the trail is lost after a few dozen yards. On a success, the trail
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Survival) check finds a set of them. If the characters follow these tracks, roll a d6. On a 6, the tracks lead to the elven tomb, where the white moose can be found. On any
three hours the characters spend in the forest, check for a random encounter using the Lonelywood Forest Encounters table. Lonelywood Forest Encounters d20 Encounter
1–10 No encounter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Wilderness Survival The following rules come into play as the characters explore Ten-Towns and embark on adventures to the icy, windy, hellishly cold reaches of Icewind Dale. Avalanches The following
this check three times can’t attempt to dig itself out again. A creature that is not restrained or incapacitated can spend 1 minute freeing another creature buried in the snow. Once free, that creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
). Fey Ancestry. You have Advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the Charmed condition. Keen Senses. You have proficiency in the Insight, Perception, or Survival skill. Trance. You don’t need
to sleep, and magic can’t put you to sleep. You can finish a Long Rest in 4 hours if you spend those hours in a trancelike meditation, during which you retain consciousness. Elven Lineages Lineage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
)
DEX
17 (+3)
CON
11 (+0)
INT
13 (+1)
WIS
14 (+2)
CHA
15 (+2)
Skills Athletics +2, Perception +4, Stealth +5, Survival +6
Senses darkvision 60 ft
rest, the tabaxi can spend 1 minute singing, playing an instrument, telling a story, or reciting a poem to soothe and inspire creatures other than itself. Up to five creatures of the tabaxi’s choice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
, Survival +8
Senses passive Perception 18
Languages Aquan, Common, Druidic
Challenge 10 (5,900 XP)
Hearth of Moonlight and Shadow. At the start of a short or long rest, Amble can touch a point
choose one creature they can see within 120 feet of them and spend up to 6d6 of their die pool. Roll the spent dice and add them together. The target regains a number of hit points equal to the total
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
the Charmed condition. Keen Senses. You have proficiency in the Insight, Perception, or Survival skill. Trance. You don’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put you to sleep. You can finish a Long Rest in
4 hours if you spend those hours in a trancelike meditation, during which you retain consciousness. Elven Lineages Lineage Level 1 Level 3 Level 5 Drow The range of your Darkvision increases to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
companion to build up their ferocity during a fight. However, a too-easy target doesn’t rile up a companion the way being threatened by an enemy combatant in a battle for survival does. As such, the GM
equal to or greater than the ferocity action’s level, and the companion must spend the necessary amount of ferocity before they use the action. If the companion doesn’t have enough ferocity to spend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the die or the participant affected by the complication can spend inspiration to negate the complication. Unless otherwise noted, the events on the Bazaar Complications table affect a single creature
same conveyance must also make this saving throw. 3 An overturned crate releases chickens and a cloud of feathers into the air. Make a DC 16 Wisdom (Survival) check to try to stay on course through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
fissure at the base of the tree forms a rough, arched entrance into the trunk.
A character who examines the ground around the tree can make a DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) or Wisdom (Survival) check. On a
connects to a small grotto beneath the tree (area P4). With the boulder atop it, the hole is big enough for a Small or smaller creature to fit through. A creature can spend 1 minute digging to widen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
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STR
14 (+2)
DEX
13 (+1)
CON
11 (+0)
INT
7 (-2)
WIS
10 (+0)
CHA
10 (+0)
Skills Stealth +3, Survival +2
Damage Vulnerabilities fire
Damage
damage.
Stuffing. Clapperclaw stuffs straw or other dead plant matter into itself and regains 2d4 + 4 hit points. Roll a d6; on a 1 or 2, Clapperclaw runs out of stuffing and must spend 8 hours