Dungeons & Dragons 5e Tables
Damage
Improvising Damage
Dice |
Examples |
1d10 |
Examples:
Burned by coals, hit by a falling bookcase, pricked by a poison needle |
2d10 |
Examples:
Being struck by lightning, stumbling into a fire pit |
4d10 |
Examples:
Hit by falling rubble in a collapsing tunnel, stumbling into a vat of acid |
10d10 |
Examples:
Crushed by compacting walls, hit by whirling steel blades, wading through a lava stream |
18d10 |
Examples:
Being submerged in lava, being hit by a crashing flying fortress |
24d10 |
Examples:
Tumbling into a vortex of fire on the Elemental Plane of Fire, being crushed in the jaws of a godlike creature or moon-sized monster |
Damage Severity and Level
Character Level |
Setback |
Dangerous |
Deadly |
1st-4th |
Setback:
1d10 |
Dangerous:
2d10 |
Deadly:
4d10 |
5th-10th |
Setback:
2d10 |
Dangerous:
4d10 |
Deadly:
10d10 |
11th-16th |
Setback:
4d10 |
Dangerous:
10d10 |
Deadly:
18d10 |
17th-20th |
Setback:
10d10 |
Dangerous:
18d10 |
Deadly:
24d10 |
Falling Damage
Action |
Damage |
Distance |
|
Falling |
Damage:
1d6 |
Distance:
for every 10 feet |
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