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Equipment · SRD 5.1

Caltrops

Adventuring Gear

Cost
5 cp
Weight
2 lb.

As an action, you can spread a bag of caltrops to cover a square area that is 5 feet on a side.

Any creature that enters the area must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or stop moving this turn and take 1 piercing damage.

Taking this damage reduces the creature's walking speed by 10 feet until the creature regains at least 1 hit point.

A creature moving through the area at half speed doesn't need to make the save.

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This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 (“SRD 5.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.

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srd-5.1 · Version 1.0.0 · Updated Jul 9, 2026