Sample Research Checks and Stat Block

Parent page Designing the Stat Block

Here, the PCs are trying to learn about a hag coven known only to the fey of a strange forest glade. It's a 7th-level challenge. Here are the research checks that would appear throughout the library, as well as the research stat block.

Sprite Swarm: Thousands of iridescent sprites flit about the entrance, eager to offer tidbits of information; Maximum RP 5; Research Checks DC 23 Diplomacy or Society to politely ask the sprites for information, DC 28 Athletics to catch one in the hand.

Field of Tomeflowers: By the crossing the babbling brook, 5-foot stems open up into colorful petaled tomes; Maximum RP 10; Research Checks DC 18 Academia Lore or Library Lore to read the tomes, DC 23 Occultism to understand strange marginalia.