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Ghost Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Incorporeal Movement. The ghost dragon can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction

a ghost dragon haunts the hoard, often forming an attachment to a single priceless object that becomes the focus of the ghost dragon’s Undead existence. A ghost dragon is a translucent and

Adult White Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Ice Walk. The dragon can move across and climb icy surfaces without needing to make an ability check. Additionally, difficult terrain composed of ice or snow doesn't cost it extra movement

lair. Freezing precipitation falls within 6 miles of the dragon’s lair, sometimes forming blizzard conditions when the dragon is at rest. Icy walls block off areas in the dragon’s lair

Ancient White Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Ice Walk. The dragon can move across and climb icy surfaces without needing to make an ability check. Additionally, difficult terrain composed of ice or snow doesn't cost it extra movement

lair. Freezing precipitation falls within 6 miles of the dragon’s lair, sometimes forming blizzard conditions when the dragon is at rest. Icy walls block off areas in the dragon’s lair

Rotten Hall Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

Rotten Hall Features Ceiling Cracks Thin shafts of daylight and moonlight spill through tiny rock fissures, forming pools of natural light as shown on map 5.1. A Tiny creature can use these narrow

fissures to enter and leave the tomb. Underground River Muddy rainwater seeps from the jungles above, flowing through the tomb as a sluggish underground river that is treated as difficult terrain. The

2. Cave Floor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

the cavern. The stream runs west to east, tumbling down a short waterfall and forming a small pool (area 9). The stream is about 15 feet wide and 3 feet deep at its deepest point. It can be crossed

on foot but is difficult terrain. The troglodytes are so distracted that it’s possible to sneak through this area undetected as long as the adventurers stay close to the cavern walls. Each character

8. Illusory Front Line

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

this tactic, he has the hallucinatory terrain spell prepared instead of Evard’s black tentacles, seeming instead of cloudkill, and rope trick instead of alter self. 8a. False Impasse Thanks to Orl’s

hallucinatory terrain spell, this 20-foot-high cavern appears to be filled from wall to wall with a pool of bubbling acid. The caustic scent of the acid seems real to any creature that approaches this

Storm of Destruction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

formerly calm river, a surge of water rises, forming a towering wave that flings boats onto the banks. The massive wave crests in a mighty swell crashing toward the crowded shore and riverine temple

knocked prone. This damage is less in other parts of the great plaza but causes chaos across the open space, smashing vendors’ stalls, harming hundreds of people, and leaving behind a foot of standing water that turns the area into difficult terrain.

9. Ice Spider Tunnels

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

a haunt for ice spiders. Ice spiders have red eyes and white fur covering their bodies, and they weave liquid webs that crystallize quickly, forming frosty sheets and icy cocoons. The tunnels are 10

-foot-high, 5-foot-wide cracks in the mountain rock (too narrow for Harshnag). Due to the icy and uneven floors, the tunnels are difficult terrain. Creatures that have the Spider Climb trait (or that

Mephit Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

room from area B7, forming a 1-foot-deep pool here. The pool is Difficult Terrain. A Steam Mephit toys with a panicked frog in the water. The mephit is initially Indifferent toward the characters and

spacious chamber from the north, forming a shallow pool. A small, winged creature made of hissing steam zips above the water in pursuit of a tiny croaking frog. Warm spring water streams into this

Ghost Dragon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. -Fizban A dragon’s attachment to a hoard can be strong enough to bind the dragon’s spirit to existence after death. Such a ghost dragon haunts the hoard, often forming an attachment to a single

(18,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +6 Incorporeal Movement. The ghost dragon can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its

Shunned Cave Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

owlbear’s toothed beak. G2: Shallow Pool Wade Acuff Moisture drips from the ceiling of this damp cave, forming a shallow pool. Something glitters in the murky water. Two Gray Ooze Globs lurk in the

pool, which is 2 feet deep and Difficult Terrain. The Hostile oozes fight any creature that comes within 5 feet of the water. Treasure. The pool contains a jewel-encrusted goblet (worth 100 GP) and one

Old Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

clockwise direction and forming landings at various points. Situated next to each landing is a 9-foot-tall arrow slit that tapers to a width of 5 inches. Much of the tower floor and the staircase is

strewn with rubble — stone from the crumbling walls and wood from the partially collapsed roof. The rubble counts as difficult terrain. Treasure. Any character who searches through the rubble finds a

Yartar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

settlements of the northeast — Yartar might soon grow in size, wealth, and influence. Physical growth would require clearing terrain for further settlement and building another encircling wall to

protect settlers — and additional guards hired to protect those who do the work. With its location near two great rivers and its proximity to a third (the Laughingflow, forming a trio the locals

Forests of Slaughter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

housed in the area. An area of trees is difficult terrain. Magic Turf. The rocky cavern floors in this sector are covered in a layer of magic turf that uses transmutation magic to slowly absorb the

waste of the creatures that dwell here. Pools. Each of the rocky pools in these caverns is 1 foot deep and magically filled with cool, clean water. A pool is difficult terrain. Forest of Illusion

Ruins Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

darkness climbs forty feet in the air, forming an opaque dome around the ruins. Any creature in or above the moat when the dome appears must make a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw, taking 22 (5d8

can be seen on the wood and steel even after hundreds of years. The area covered by wreckage is difficult terrain. Six wights crawl out of the wreckage if the characters move or rummage through it

Trielta Hills

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Trielta Hills In the rolling terrain of the Trielta Hills, scattered with small settlements of gnomes and halflings, life seems pastoral and idyllic. Halfling farmers tend to their plots, and gnome

or two) are eaten, the sheriffs waste no time in forming a posse to hunt down or chase off the predators before they can do more harm. Now, sad to say, this situation might be changing for the worse

Supernatural Regions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

, 1d4 swarms of ravens and 1d4 swarms of rats gather and attack any other creatures in the region. On a 5–6, a treant (in forested terrain) or a galeb duhr (in rockier terrain) attacks. 28–36 Distance

charmed by all creatures for 1 hour. 36–45 The region is choked with wispy webbing, which acts as difficult terrain. 46–50 Nearly every surface is covered with discarded cicada-like shells that crunch

Tyrant's Spiral

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

follow a deliberate route through the cave. Each of the geometrically shaped beings scans the strange terrain around them before vanishing into tunnels ahead. The characters arrive on a ledge

version of its true form, that of a constantly rotting and re-forming corpse with shifting features (chaotic evil; use the lich stat block). It revels in its freedom and shares anything it knows with

Caves of Hunger Locations (H11-H21)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

H13. Icicle-Filled Cave This cavern has a ten-foot-high ceiling covered with icicles that nearly touch the floor, forming thin stalactites. Several of these icicles have been broken off, leaving

the northeastern side cave. They gang up on whichever foe Tekeli-li chooses to attack. Slippery Ice. The icy floor is difficult terrain. When a creature moves onto the ice for the first time on a turn

Chromatic Dragons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Lightning arcs, forming a 5-foot-wide line between two of the lair’s solid surfaces that the dragon can see. They

forest crosses over into other terrain. A green dragon typically pretends to back down, only to wait and watch — sometimes for decades — for the chance to slay the other dragon, then claim its lair and

Bathhouse Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

terrain thereafter. Regular doors are made of soft, rotting wood. Each door is a Medium object with AC 15, 5 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Secret doors are carved to look like

) are flooded with murky water to a depth of 2 feet to make them difficult terrain. The water seeps into the dungeon from nearby sewers through cracks in the limestone. It carries a foul stench and is

Torrents Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

shark. The wrecks form solid ground, but in most places they are difficult terrain, slick with rain where they aren’t full of holes and splintered wood. Any character who attempts a complex maneuver, or

of vertical terrain, hanging sails, and tilting masts, which the characters can climb or use as walkways. Treasure The Calishite pirate ship carries a chest laden with treasure. Characters searching

Tier 1 Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

the ceiling, forming a cylindrical corridor fifteen feet in diameter. The surfaces are inky black but studded with tiny lights like stars in the night sky. The “stars” embedded in the surfaces of the

here, it fights them. The behir is narrow enough to fit through doorways and 5-foot-wide tunnels, but they are Difficult Terrain for the creature. G5: Garden of Chaos The walls of this cavernous chamber

Encounter Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

toward characters who are friendly toward her. Thunderwing Thunderwing looks mournfully at the adventurers and snuffles loudly, bubbles of snot forming beneath her tiny nose. If someone is kind to her

thrashing, animated body parts loose from the walls. Treat the floor of the cave as difficult terrain for Medium and smaller creatures until the worm’s next turn. 2 The worm vomits a gout of rotten flesh

Scions of Giants' Gods

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

difficult terrain for the duration. A creature takes 10 (3d6) piercing damage for each 5 feet it moves on this terrain. Scion of Skoraeus Gargantuan Giant (Titan), Typically Neutral Armor Class 19

, existing ore remains, but new veins of ore stop forming. The other effects end immediately. Frost Scion Warren Mahy A slumbering scion of Thrym encased in its cradle is functionally identical to a

Locations I - L

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

far above the horizon even at the height of summer — and the height of summer is a fleeting thing. Winter here is long and ruthless. Icewind Dale is surrounded by perilous terrain. The ice cliffs of

freely into the sea, the Delimbiyr River dissolves into a morass of waterways threading around and beneath trees festooned with moss, forming a vast swamp. Lizard Marsh is known for two things

Demon Types

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

. Familiar. The quasit can serve another creature as a familiar, forming a telepathic bond with its willing master. While the two are bonded, the master can sense what the quasit senses as long as they are

terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object. Light Sensitivity. While in bright light, the demon has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception

Areas of the Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

difficult terrain for all creatures except kuo-toa, other creatures that have the Slippery trait, and creatures that fly. X24. Extraction Chamber A portcullis separates this room from area X23, and the

of death and carnage. Three wooden tables are arranged corner to corner, forming a triangle, in the middle of the room. The floor around them is stained with blood. Atop two of the tables, held down

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

are three lizardfolk in this room forming up under one officer (lizardfolk scaleshield; see appendix C) to go on patrol in the lair. Development. If the lizardfolk in this room have been alerted, they

, this area is difficult terrain. The mud here is 15 inches deep. Six giant lizards lair in this mud-filled cave. They have been trained to serve as guards by the lizardfolk and attack intruders

Metallic Dragons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

carvings of the dragon’s smiling visage can be seen worked into stone terrain and objects within 6 miles of the dragon’s lair. Tiny beasts such as rodents and birds that are normally unable to speak gain

and fog within its lair as solid as stone, forming structures and other objects as it wishes. If the dragon dies, changed weather reverts to normal, as described in the spell, and the other effects fade in 1d10 days.

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