Improvising Damage

Source: Dungeon Master’s Guide p. 249

Improvising Damage

DiceExamples
1d10Burned by coals, hit by a falling bookcase, pricked by a poison needle
2d10Being struck by lightning, stumbling into a fire pit
4d10Hit by falling rubble in a collapsing tunnel, stumbling into a vat of acid
10d10Crushed by compacting walls, hit by whirling steel blades, wading through a lava stream
18d10Being submerged in lava, being hit by a crashing flying fortress
24d10Tumbling into a vortex of fire on the Elemental Plane of Fire, being crushed in the jaws of a godlike creature or a moon-sized monster
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