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Returning 35 results for 'swimming contains'.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
contains something of value; roll treasure randomly using the tables in chapter 7) Swimming Unless aided by magic, a character can’t swim for a full 8 hours per day. After each hour of swimming, a
Encounters d12 + d8 Encounter 2 Sunken ship covered in barnacles (25 percent chance that the ship contains treasure; roll randomly on the treasure tables in chapter 7) 3 Sunken ship with reef sharks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
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Armoire. Standing against the south wall is a wooden armoire draped in cobwebs.
Treasure. The armoire contains the skeletal remains of a halfling adventurer who was trapped inside by giant spiders and
starved to death. The skeleton is clad in a chain shirt and wears a ring of swimming on one bony finger. Characters who search the armoire also find an explorer’s pack (minus water and rations). 19c
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
The Ruinous Sea Pandesmos has no oceans as they’re known on mortal worlds, but it contains an enormous, swirling sea of multicolored energy known as the Ruinous Sea. The Ruinous Sea’s chaotic energy
Ruinous Sea is inimical to all but the strange and powerful chaos krakens that inhabit it. Swimming the Ruinous Sea Despite their ephemeral appearance, the Ruinous Sea’s roiling clouds are viscous and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
that don’t have a swimming speed move at half speed through the water. Visibility. Visibility underwater is 10 feet. Low Water Features Difficult Terrain. The sticky mud of the exposed swamp bottom is
difficult terrain. Mud Pits. Characters marching across the swamp might blunder into swampy terrain that contains a pit of sucking mud. Whenever you see fit to use this hazard, have the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
bugbear’s name is Blarg. The goblins’ names are Globby, Bootlick, and Earstabber. What’s for Dinner? The simmering cauldron contains a hearty stew of ripplebark fungus and troglodyte meat. 20b. T’rissa’s
onyx spider figurine (25 gp), eight sticks of incense (1 gp each), and a dagger with a tiny reservoir built into its hilt that holds up to three doses of a liquid poison. The middle shelf contains a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
for a psychic haunting, in which case roll a d20 and consult the Psychic Haunting table to determine if the area contains a haunting. If one is present, its image or its effect can’t leave the cave
or fearful event in their past. The scent does not have a source.
6 One party member (determined randomly) sees a dark, hulking shape moving through the wall, ceiling, or floor, as though it were swimming through the ice. The effect is illusory, harmless, and fleeting.
7–12 No haunting.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
they contribute a convincingly pitiable plea to the argument. The check is made with disadvantage if the sack contains less than 100 gp in value, or with advantage if the sack contains 150 gp or more
until the sea calms down. Characters can watch the enormous disk of its shell swimming down into the clear water of the bay until it disappears in the lightless depths.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
only to Aubreck. It contains all of Aubreck’s deeds and promissory notes, still sealed in waterproof wrappings. The notes are drawn from a lawful good temple that will pay them out only after the
and a sahuagin baron, wait until late at night to slip aboard the ship by swimming alongside and climbing to reach the deck. They try to slay the crew and passengers using stealth, hoping to avoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
went down with the ship, but Devi and two sailors survived by swimming to a nearby island inhabited mostly by wild goats and sheep. Devi then used our Sending Stones to tell me what happened.“I own a
cabin contains 1,000 GP, which Captain Orso is authorized to use to bribe the dragon if it threatens the ship. The trunk and its contents weigh 45 pounds. When the characters are ready to get underway, the Wavemount sets sail for Najkir.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
ship’s original destination. The holds have 20-foot ceilings. Each set of cargo holds contains a lift: a 20-foot-wide platform used to lower cargo to the level below. Aphelion or a creature that has a
and can support up to 8,000 pounds. S33a: South Cargo Hold. This hold contains nothing of value. S33b: East Cargo Hold. Two fomorians rummage through the containers for food. Mutated by radiation on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
wall of force, the pressure of the water will push open the door and the water will rush into the corridor beyond, pulling along any swimming characters and miscellaneous debris nearby. The water will
device in the wall is triggered that will shatter the glass walls in this area in 1d6 rounds. The safe contains 6,000 sp and one piece of jewelry worth 3,000 gp.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
1. The Resplendent Grotto of Ichthyglug the Voluminous Halaster has used his magic to tailor these caves to the satisfaction of Ichthyglug the marid. 1a. Shipwreck This 50-foot-high cavern contains
-high, arched ceiling and contains three 1-foot-thick, magic curtains of translucent, shimmering green seawater. Each watery curtain stretches from floor to ceiling and wall to wall. Sound passing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. Additionally, water blasts south from the dam in a 100-foot-wide, 300-foot-long line. Each creature in that area must make a DC 15 Strength saving throw. Creatures with a swimming speed have advantage on
do with the corpses and return the golden antlers to Therno Lake, Aspen gives the characters her pouch of pearls (see the “Treasure” section below). Treasure. A pouch around Aspen’s neck contains a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, and helmets, all with icicles hanging from them. The room also contains a padlocked wooden chest in one corner and an enormous, wheel-shaped whetstone in another corner, frozen in position. Standing
. The chest contains two potions of healing (greater) and a rusty iron sphere (iron bands of Bilarro). C4. Mess Hall This room’s ceiling is mostly intact, except for a portion to the south. This room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
through the floor of the lodge to reach the ice underneath, creating a 50-foot-diameter, water-filled tunnel. Thin ice covers the hole. For more information on thin ice and swimming in frigid water, see
cp, 41,000 sp, 6,000 gp, and the aforementioned chest, which is unlocked. It contains five hundred wooden coins (worthless), thirty pieces of costume jewelry (worth 5 gp each), a pouch holding twenty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
pool as a Search action can make a DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. On a success, the character discerns that the pool leads into an underground tunnel. The tunnel leads to area B11. Swimming through
litter the room. Most of the items are worthless, with a few exceptions. B3a: Western Quarters. One chest contains a Potion of Healing (greater). The chest is locked. A character can take a Utilize action
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
contains a single table, a cabinet filled with ruined parchment scrolls, and a dresser containing writing materials. Everything is in disarray and covered in ice. Characters who search the northernmost
and results in the death and liquefaction of the subject’s body. Veneranda doesn’t allow anyone to view the ritual while it’s being performed. Y19f. Staff Storage This irregularly shaped room contains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
deep. A nook in the northeast corner contains two corpses preserved by the seawater. The cave’s back wall is flat, with a large opening in the southeast corner.
The flooded cave is difficult terrain
for any creature that doesn’t have a swimming speed. Corpses. Characters can identify the corpses as those of two half-elves who look like siblings. Any character who uses an action to examine the
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
. Nightscale has accumulated considerable wealth from her plunder of Khundrukar. Her hoard contains 6,200 sp, 1,430 gp, two garnets worth 20 gp each, a black pearl worth 50 gp, a wand of magic missiles, a +2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
contains personal possessions, a morningstar, a leather purse containing 50 ep, and a chunk of violet-colored crystal. The last item appears valuable but is in fact worthless. 5. Officer’s Quarters A wooden
. Treasure. The chest is locked and can be opened by a character who makes a successful DC 12 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools or who has the key. It contains personal possessions, a purse containing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
searching the floor notices the pit with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check. A character unaware of the pit falls into it. The pit is 10 feet deep and contains a rust monster that wandered into
fane. Two water weirds lurk in the pool and guard the area for the cult. They attack anyone approaching the water who fails to give the water cult’s hand sign. The pool is 20 feet deep. Swimming in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. It pushes open to reveal area X33 beyond. X7. Cell Block This area contains four cells separated by bars. The rectangular iron doors have locks built into them, and Noska Ur’gray carries the keys
(see appendix B), resides in this magically lit room when he’s not in the arena (area X6). The room contains the following features: A marble bathtub with clawed feet rests in the middle of the room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. Treasure Eyon has a waterproofed leather pouch on her belt that contains 15 gp, 6 pp, five delicately carved coral gemstones worth 80 gp each, and a potion of healing. Development If the characters defeat
canals. Check for a random encounter once every per hour while the party is swimming or moving by boat anywhere on a canal. Roll a d20 and consult the following table: d20 Encounter 1 1d4 + 1 ghouls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
gaping hole in the stern of the ship. Tiny fish dart among hunks of debris and cargo.
See “Climbing, Swimming, and Crawling” and “Suffocating” in “The Environment” in the Basic Rules as the characters
can also carry it to the surface before opening it. The chest contains a pouch holding 55 gp and three turquoise stones (worth 10 gp each), as well as a pair of boots of elvenkind. The floating packet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
. Beneath a loose stone in the floor is a hole that contains 1,250 gp, three 250 gp gems, two 100 gp gems, and a large earthenware jug that holds four potions of water breathing. 3. Cell Block In the outer
be had. Then, when the characters are occupied fighting the monsters that await within that cell, the bugbears will strike the alarm and flee. In addition to the alarm gong, the guard room contains a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
disturbance in area C1, each cage contains a sleeping owlbear. The cage doors are locked with latches on the outside, which can be undone or relocked as an action. If the owlbears are freed, they
Argina Therrow, who sits on one of the mats. See the “Gnawbones Druids” sidebar for more information. Pot of Poison. The cauldron contains an almost finished batch of ten doses of truth serum (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
message gives clues as to the casks’ contents. Each cask contains 20 pints of liquor. In order from left to right, the casks are marked with the following symbols: Green Star. The liquor in this cask is
: Room of Myriad Archways Each wall of this octagonal room contains a stone archway. A veil of white fog fills the room.
The fog is magical and can’t be cleared or dispelled. Archways. The archways
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. The crate contains the carcass of a curled-up, eight-legged reptile with spikes running down its back. With a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) check, a character can determine that it’s the
creature that was plugging the well, she considers this chore complete.) Find the Missing Book. Bavlorna’s Big Book of Bad Blood has gone missing. It contains copious notes on everyone who has wronged her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
glass are arranged about the room.
This room contains forty glass statues, including the one on the dais. The statues stand motionless until someone plays the harpsichord in area P32, the magic of which
. 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
alcove to the south appear to have been broken up for firewood. The long hallway to the west includes doors to the showroom (area G5) and the depleted mine (area G9). Treasure. A shredded backpack contains
intact. Each chamber contains a pair of short stone beds and an empty metal footlocker.
The svirfneblin stationed at this outpost shared rooms. Anyone stepping into one of these rooms has a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Features” section. The rods are only 3 feet apart, so a single Small or larger creature can touch them both at the same time. Treasure. The chest contains the valuables the githyanki have acquired in
Shalfi Lewin used to sleep here until he became obsessed with digging. He hasn’t been here in days. Treasure. The cask contains only weak ale, but its gold stopper is worth 850 gp. B9: Shalfi’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
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
contains a hundred tiny white pearls (10 gp each), five large pink pearls (100 gp each), and a single black pearl (500 gp). Cove Reef Adventures You can create your own stories for adventuring at this site
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
tunnels connect this cave to areas P12 and area P18. Characters swimming underwater spot them automatically. Secret Passage. A one-way secret door blocks access to a submerged tunnel that ends at another
the pool for the spell’s duration. (For example, a roll of 9 focuses the scrying sensor on area P9.) A submerged passage leads to area P14. Characters swimming underwater spot it automatically. Secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
locked wooden coffer under his bunk (he keeps the key on a string around his neck). The coffer contains 150 sp, 40 gp, a potion of healing, and a potion of diminution. K4. Castle Yard The area just inside
crab shells.
The room contains twenty spears, ten shortswords, five scimitars, five light crossbows, four hundred crossbow bolts, two hundred arrows, fifteen suits of leather armor, and eight shields
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
to pay, the xorn attacks the character carrying the most treasure. Meanwhile, Keltar flees to area G6. Treasure The xorn’s stomach still contains some undigested offerings: 9 gp, three egg-sized
statuette of an imp with onyx eyes worth 180 gp, and a ring of swimming. G4. Bewildering Crystals This cave is a forest of glowing crystals, which grow like foliage on slender stone columns that make it