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Improvised Damage

HazardXDMGp. 302024

The Improvising Damage table gives guidelines for determining damage on the fly.

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

The Damage Severity and Level table is a guide to how deadly these damage amounts are for characters of different levels. Cross-reference a character's level with the damage being dealt to gauge the severity of the damage.

Damage Severity and Level

Character LevelsNuisanceDeadly
1–45 (1d10)11 (2d10)
5–1011 (2d10)22 (4d10)
11–1622 (4d10)55 (10d10)
17–2055 (10d10)99 (18d10)

Nuisance damage rarely poses a risk of death to characters of the levels shown, but a severely weakened character might be laid low by this damage.

Deadly damage poses a significant threat to characters of the levels shown and could potentially kill such a character that's missing many Hit Points.

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