40. Curse of the Golden Skull

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

40. Curse of the Golden Skull A golden skull rests on a pedestal in the middle of this small, dusty room. This cursed human skull plated in gold is the remains of a fool named Yaka — an entertainer

pretends to know all. Acererak has warded the skull with powerful magic, rendering it impervious to damage and spells. Its curse is too powerful to be broken with any spell other than wish, which can

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

Key 33–40 47–51 Knight 41–48 52–56 Moon — 57–60 Puzzle 49–56 61–64 Rogue 57–64 65–68 Ruin &mdash

; 69–73 Sage 65–72 74–77 Skull 73–80 78–82 Star 81–88 83–87 Sun — 88–91 Talons 89–96 92–96 Throne

Vampire Nosferatu

Monsters Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

creature can’t regain Hit Points for 1 minute. Success: Half damage only.Bloodthirsty Slash. Trigger: A Bloodied creature the nosferatu can see within 40 feet takes damage. Response: The nosferatu

of the curse of vampirism. These ravenous, graceless predators stalk the night, desperately seeking blood and barely remembered comforts of life. Nosferatu feed on anything with blood. Heaps of

Azalin Rex

Monsters Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

his disappearance and how he would be should he return. Azalin’s current spirit jar is a golden amulet he carries. If this amulet is destroyed, Azalin’s original spirit jar—an

immovable dragon skull in the ruins of Castle Avernus—reactivates, and the lich’s spirit returns to Darkon if his body is destroyed. Azalin’s Domain Darkon is altered by Azalin’s

Amulet of the Black Skull

Magic Items Tomb of Annihilation

This amulet is carved from obsidian and shaped like a screaming humanoid skull, with ruby eyes and emeralds for teeth. It hangs from an iron chain necklace. The amulet has 6 charges and regains 1d6

make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw each time you use the amulet to teleport. On a failed saving throw, the black skull cackles as you are transformed in transit. The transformation takes effect

Dusk Hag

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

and is cursed until the hag dies or the curse is removed. The cursed creature's hit point maximum decreases by 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Nightmare Touch"} whenever

waits behind a silver skull.” 3 “Three days, three deaths, three eyes, three breaths.” 4 “Doom falls on the peacock and the sparrow alike. Best be a raven.” 5 “A white hand on a black field holds

Flameskull Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Holy Water (flask);holy water is sprinkled on its remains or a dispel magic or remove curse spell is cast on them. Spellcasting. The flameskull is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is

skull blasts foes with fiery rays from its eyes and dreadful spells called up from the dark recesses of its memory.Cold, Fire, PoisonLightning, Necrotic, Piercing

Death Giant Shrouded One

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Death Rune. The giant has a death rune inscribed on a giant’s skull in its possession. While holding or wearing the skull bearing the rune, the giant can use its Reaping Scythe action and

Shroud of Souls bonus action. The skull bearing the death rune has AC 18; 35 hit points; and immunity to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage. The skull regains all its hit points at the end of every turn

Trenzia

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

);holy water is sprinkled on her remains or a dispel magic or remove curse spell is cast on them. Spellcasting. Trenzia is a 5th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC

skull blasts foes with fiery rays from its eyes and dreadful spells called up from the dark recesses of its memory.Cold, Lightning, PoisonFire, Necrotic, Piercing

Staff of the Forgotten One

Magic Items Tomb of Annihilation

This crooked staff is carved from bone and topped with the skull of a forgotten archmage whom Acererak destroyed long ago. Etched into the skull’s forehead is Acererak’s rune, which is

you harm them. You can wield the staff as a quarterstaff, +3;+3 quarterstaff that deals an extra 10 (3d6) necrotic damage on a hit. Invoke Curse. The Staff of the Forgotten One has 7 charges and

Demilich (Variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

with the greater restoration spell or similar magic. Vile Curse (Costs 3 Actions). The demilich targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving

throw or be magically cursed. Until the curse ends, the target has disadvantage on attack rolls and saving throws. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the

Belashyrra's Beholder Crown

Magic Items Eberron: Rising from the Last War

your head for the entire attunement period, during which the crown’s hidden tendrils burrow into your scalp to bond with your skull. While wearing the crown, you can see normally in darkness, both

’re attuned to it, and you can’t voluntarily end your attunement to it. If you’re targeted by a spell that ends a curse, your attunement to the crown ends, and it detaches from you. The

Sofina

Monsters Thieves’ Gallery

spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18): At will: mage hand, message, prestidigitation 2/day each: bestow curse, Bigby's hand, dimension door, mage armor, Otiluke's resilient sphere, thunderwave 1/day

each: Evard's black tentacles, finger of death, time stop Swarm of Meteors (1/Day). Sofina magically calls down a meteor swarm that detonates in four 40-foot-radius spheres, each one centered on a point

Earworm

Magic Items Eberron: Rising from the Last War

To attune to this symbiont, you must hold it against the skin behind your ear for the entire attunement period, whereupon it burrows into your head and bonds to your skull. While the earworm is

’re attuned to it, and you can’t voluntarily end your attunement to it. If you’re targeted by a spell that ends a curse, your attunement to the earworm ends, and it exits your body.

Demilich Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

can be restored with the greater restoration spell or similar magic. Vile Curse (Costs 3 Actions). The demilich targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC

15 Wisdom saving throw or be magically cursed. Until the curse ends, the target has disadvantage on attack rolls and saving throws. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its

Ghost Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 40 (9d8);{"diceNotation":"9d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Terrifying Breath", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage and is frightened of the

incorporeal version of the original dragon. Though its breath weapon resembles ghostly flames, lightning, or acid, it carries an otherworldly curse. The breath’s shadowy mist can induce waking nightmares.Acid, Cold, Necrotic, PoisonBludgeoning, Piercing, Slashing

Priest of Osybus (Blazing)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

destroyed, it regains all its hit points in 1 hour unless Holy Water (flask);holy water is sprinkled on its remains or a dispel magic or remove curse spell is cast on them. Spellcasting. The priest is a

physical form. As he perished, he uttered a curse upon them—that their immortality would fail them when they least expected it and that he himself would become one of the Dark Powers. As a result of

Undying Councilor

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

touches another creature. The target magically regains 18 (3d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"3d8+5","rollType":"heal","rollAction":"Healing Touch"} hit points and is freed from one curse afflicting it (councilor

’s choice). Flame Strike (5th-Level Spell; Requires a Spell Slot). The councilor chooses a point it can see within 60 feet of it. Each creature in a 10-foot-radius, 40-foot-high cylinder centered

Ogre War Sled

Equipment

This brutal, oversized war sled is constructed from heavy timber, mammoth bones, and forged metal. The front features a shield-like prow crafted from a mammoth skull that provides Half Cover for the

ogre war sled is a Huge vehicle. This heavy sled is large enough to hold two ogres. AC: 17 HP: 175 Damage Threshold: 10 Speed: 40 ft., 4 mph (32 miles per day) Bulky Construction. Creatures that aren

Priest of Osybus (Dread)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

. Fearing that their master would eventually consume their souls, the disciples aided Osybus’s foes and destroyed his physical form. As he perished, he uttered a curse upon them—that their

immortality would fail them when they least expected it and that he himself would become one of the Dark Powers. As a result of that curse, a priest of Osybus can’t be certain that they will be

Priest of Osybus Legacy

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

, the disciples aided Osybus’s foes and destroyed his physical form. As he perished, he uttered a curse upon them—that their immortality would fail them when they least expected it and that he

himself would become one of the Dark Powers. As a result of that curse, a priest of Osybus can’t be certain that they will be reborn when they perish. In an effort to rid themselves of this

Solar Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

/Day). The solar touches another creature. The target magically regains 40 (8d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"8d8+4","rollType":"heal","rollAction":"Healing Touch"} hit points and is freed from any curse

Priest of Osybus (Ectoplasmic)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

curse upon them—that their immortality would fail them when they least expected it and that he himself would become one of the Dark Powers. As a result of that curse, a priest of Osybus can’t

be certain that they will be reborn when they perish. In an effort to rid themselves of this curse, they devoted themselves to the same Dark Powers with whom their master had communed. They were

Priest of Osybus (Spectral)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

betrayed him. Fearing that their master would eventually consume their souls, the disciples aided Osybus’s foes and destroyed his physical form. As he perished, he uttered a curse upon them&mdash

;that their immortality would fail them when they least expected it and that he himself would become one of the Dark Powers. As a result of that curse, a priest of Osybus can’t be certain that they

Priest of Osybus (Vampiric)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

souls, the disciples aided Osybus’s foes and destroyed his physical form. As he perished, he uttered a curse upon them—that their immortality would fail them when they least expected it

and that he himself would become one of the Dark Powers. As a result of that curse, a priest of Osybus can’t be certain that they will be reborn when they perish. In an effort to rid themselves

Priest of Osybus (Deathly)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

aided Osybus’s foes and destroyed his physical form. As he perished, he uttered a curse upon them—that their immortality would fail them when they least expected it and that he himself would

become one of the Dark Powers. As a result of that curse, a priest of Osybus can’t be certain that they will be reborn when they perish. In an effort to rid themselves of this curse, they

Yeenoghu Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

covered in matted fur and taut, leathery hide, his face like a grinning predator’s skull. Patchwork armor made of discarded shields and breastplates is lashed onto his body with heavy chains

“I get caught up in the flow of anger, and try to stoke others around me into forming an angry mob.” 21–40 “The flesh of other intelligent creatures is delicious!&rdquo

Orcus Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

. Great bat wings sprout from his shoulders, and his head is like the skull of a goat, the flesh nearly rotted from it. In one hand, he wields the legendary Wand of Orcus, which is described in

withdrawn and moody, dwelling on the insufferable state of life.” 21–40 “I am compelled to make the weak suffer.” 41–60 “I have no compunction against

Moonstone Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

scales and ruffs of emerald-green fur running down their chins, chests, backs, and tails. One horn arcs from the back of a moonstone dragon’s skull and another at the tip of the nose; the two horns

trouble in the name of lifting the “curse.” 4 Ettercap;Ettercaps captured a moonstone dragon wyrmling, who has so far avoided becoming dinner by teaching the ettercaps to create wild

Shator Demodand

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

liquefied in this way, a demodand has the paralyzed condition despite any immunity to that condition, it has immunity to all damage, and any curse affecting it is suspended. Magic Resistance. The shator

of slime in a line 100 feet long and 5 feet wide. Each creature in that area must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 40 (9d8);{"diceNotation":"9d8", "rollType

Elder Brain Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself after it succeeds on three of these saves. If the creature is targeted by magic that ends a curse or restores 40 hit points or more, the

Demogorgon Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

form of two serpentine towers, each crowned by a skull-shaped minaret. There, Demogorgon’s heads contemplate the mysteries of the arcane while arguing about how best to obliterate their rivals. The

strike first to stop them!” 21–40 “There is only one solution to my problems: kill them all!” 41–60 “There is more than one mind inside my head.&rdquo

Deck of Many Things Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

* King of clubs The Void Queen of clubs Flames Jack of clubs Skull Two of clubs Idiot* Ace of spades Donjon* King of spades Ruin Queen of spades Euryale

-like visage curses you. You take a −2 penalty on saving throws while cursed in this way. Only a god or the magic of The Fates card can end this curse. The Fates. Reality's fabric unravels and

Amulet of the Black Skull

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

. Black Skull Transformation d100 Transformation 01–20 The symbol of Acererak is burned into your flesh, a curse that can only be removed with a remove curse spell or similar magic. Until the

Amulet of the Black Skull Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement) This amulet is carved from obsidian and shaped like a screaming humanoid skull, with ruby eyes and emeralds for teeth. It

Using the Golden Vault

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

Using the Golden Vault If you’re using the Golden Vault as a patron, a golden key is delivered to the characters in whatever manner you deem fit. If the characters don’t already have the shard of

Xeluan in their possession, the golden key is tied to the shard, and both objects are delivered in a stoppered lead tube. When the golden key is used to open the music box, the lid pops open and a

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