Improvising Damage

Source: Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024) p. 30

Improvising Damage

DamageExamples
1d10Burned by coals, hit by a falling bookcase, pricked by a poison needle
2d10Struck by lightning, stumbling into a firepit
4d10Hit by falling rubble in a collapsing tunnel, tumbling into a vat of acid
10d10Crushed by compacting walls, hit by whirling steel blades, wading through lava
18d10Submerged in lava, hit by a crashing flying fortress
24d10Tumbling into a vortex of fire on the “Elemental Plane of Fire”, crushed in the jaws of a godlike creature or a moon-size monster
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