barrier before diffusing curses reduced

Witherbloom Professor of Decay

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

hit points. An affected creature’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the creature finishes a long rest. The creature dies if

its hit point maximum is reduced to 0. Spellcasting. The professor casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15

Fate Hag

Monsters The Book of Many Things

is reduced to 0 until the end of its next turn. Destiny Curse (Costs 2 Actions). The hag magically curses a creature it can see within 60 feet of itself. The creature must make a DC 14 Wisdom saving

fate. These shears are frightful weapons, severing a foe’s destiny as well as its flesh. Fate hags often glimpse others’ destinies when truths are revealed to them, when they lay curses

Nightwalker

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

","rollAction":"Annihilating Aura","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. Undead are immune to this aura. Life Eater. A creature dies if reduced to 0 hit points by the nightwalker and can’t

or its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to

Ashen Rider

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 18). The rider can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: command, compelled duel 1/day each: banishment, blade barrier

and its mount have advantage on Dexterity saving throws. If the ashen rider is reduced to 0 hit points while riding its mount, the mount is reduced to 0 hit points as well.Multiattack. The ashen

Raise Dead Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

, curses, or similar effects; if these aren't first removed prior to casting the spell, they take effect when the creature returns to life. The spell can't return an undead creature to life. This spell

. Coming back from the dead is an ordeal. The target takes a −4 penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears.

Resurrection Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

hit points. This spell neutralizes any poisons and cures normal diseases afflicting the creature when it died. It doesn't, however, remove magical diseases, curses, and the like; if such effects aren't

. The target takes a −4 penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears. Casting this

Tempest Spirit

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

failure, an affected creature’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the creature finishes a long rest. The creature dies if its

hit point maximum is reduced to 0.A storm giant can escape death through a mystical ritual that transforms the giant into a semiconscious storm. However, if the giant performs the ritual in a place

Draconian Mastermind

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Death Throes. When the draconian is reduced to 0 hit points, its magical essence lashes out as a ball of lightning at the closest creature within 30 feet of it before arcing out to up to two other

: dimension door, disguise self, sendingMagic Shield (3/Day). When the draconian is hit by an attack roll, it can create an invisible barrier of magical force around itself, granting it a +5 bonus to its

Deck of Wonder

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

death. You take 2d10 necrotic damage, and your hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken. This effect can’t reduce your hit point maximum below 10 hit points. This

draws. Monster. This card’s monstrous visage curses you. While cursed in this way, whenever you make a saving throw, you must roll 1d4 and subtract the number rolled from the total. The curse lasts

30. Iron Barrier

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

30. Iron Barrier Ahead of you, the face of a snarling minotaur is etched into a sheet of iron that bisects the crawlway. Its eyes have been cut out, letting you see through the sheet, beyond which

characters can use spells such as gaseous form and misty step to move past the iron sheet. Any character who examines the barrier discovers that it slides up into the ceiling. Coiled springs provide

Hierophant Medusa

Monsters The Book of Many Things

2/day: Mass Cure Wounds (cast at 8th level) 1/day each: Blade Barrier, Divination, Greater RestorationThe medusa can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. It can take only one

DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a target’s speed is reduced to 0 and can’t increase. On a successful save, its speed is halved. The target’s speed returns to normal

Components of a Curse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Components of a Curse Most curses have three distinct components: pronouncement, burden, and resolution. Whatever form these take, at least one of them, especially the burden or resolution, should

have an ironic connection to the action that triggered the curse.A dying priest of Ezra curses his murderer Pronouncement The first component of a curse is the pronouncement, which amounts to a threat

Resurrection

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

neutralizes any poisons and cures normal diseases afflicting the creature when it died. It doesn’t, however, remove magical diseases, curses, and the like; if such effects aren’t removed prior to casting

to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears. Casting this spell to restore life to a creature

Ashen Grotto Magic

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Ashen Grotto Magic The Ashen Grotto’s magic reinforces the ordning specifically, and the natural, harmonious order of things in general. It can be used to break curses and ease afflictions, and to

Undead that enters the grotto for the first time during a turn or that starts its turn there takes 22 (5d8) radiant damage. An Undead reduced to 0 hit points by this damage dies and can’t be returned

Raise Dead

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

spell also neutralizes any poisons and cures nonmagical diseases that affected the creature at the time it died. This spell doesn’t, however, remove magical diseases, curses, or similar effects; if

. The target takes a −4 penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears.

Resurrection

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

neutralizes any poisons and cures normal diseases afflicting the creature when it died. It doesn’t, however, remove magical diseases, curses, and the like; if such effects aren’t removed prior to casting

to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears. Casting this spell to restore life to a creature

Raise Dead

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

spell also neutralizes any poisons and cures nonmagical diseases that affected the creature at the time it died. This spell doesn’t, however, remove magical diseases, curses, or similar effects; if

. The target takes a -4 penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears.

Fate Hag

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

. These shears are frightful weapons, severing a foe’s destiny as well as its flesh. Fate hags often glimpse others’ destinies when truths are revealed to them, when they lay curses, and when they offer

magically tangles a creature it can see within 60 feet of itself in spectral silver threads. The creature must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw, or its speed is reduced to 0 until the end of its

Nightwalker

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

Negative Plane from the Shadowfell in places where the barrier between the planes is thin. Stepping onto the Negative Plane is almost always fatal since the plane sucks the life and soul from creatures

turn within 30 feet of the nightwalker must succeed on a DC 21 Constitution saving throw or take 21 (6d6) necrotic damage. Undead are immune to this aura. Life Eater. A creature dies if reduced to 0

12. Wongo's Shrine

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

next dawn. A steam mephit reduced to 0 hit points loses its form and disappears. When a pint or more of water is poured into the statue’s cupped left hand, Wongo’s puzzle cube appears by magic on the

is your choice?” If a character takes the puzzle cube, the masks on the walls deliver their curses (see area 12C). If no character takes the cube immediately, the portcullises slam shut over the

Nightwalker

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

the Shadowfell in a place where the barrier between the planes is thin. Stepping into the Negative Plane is tantamount to suicide, since the plane sucks the life and soul from such audacious creatures

reduced to 0 hit points from damage dealt by the nightwalker dies and can’t be revived by any means short of a wish spell. Actions Multiattack. The nightwalker uses Enervating Focus twice, or it

Tempest Spirit

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Tempest Spirit A storm giant can escape death through a mystical ritual that transforms the giant into a semiconscious storm. However, if the giant performs the ritual in a place where the barrier

point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the creature finishes a long rest. The creature dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to 0

Ember

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two

to Qualinesti ambushes in fact smolder in the wyrm’s gut. It thinks I don’t hear, but it whispers curses in reply to my every command. Were it not one of our queen’s favored children, I would have

reduced to 0 hit points by this effect, the creature immediately dies, and its body is reduced to ash. Bonus Action Alter Shape. Ember magically transforms into a vulture or a mage and retains his

Archons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

incapacitated, the archon can’t be surprised, and both it and its mount have advantage on Dexterity saving throws. If the archon is reduced to 0 hit points while riding its mount, the mount is reduced to 0 hit

points as well. Radiant Rebirth (Recharges after a Long Rest). If the archon is reduced to 0 hit points, it regains 30 hit points and springs back to its feet with a burst of radiance. Each

Eldritch Invocations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

the end of your next turn. Maddening Hex Prerequisite: 5th level, hex spell or a warlock feature that curses As a bonus action, you cause a psychic disturbance around the target cursed by your hex spell

Hex Prerequisite: 7th level, hex spell or a warlock feature that curses Your curse creates a temporary bond between you and your target. As a bonus action, you can magically teleport up to 30 feet to

Erinyes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

also listen for oaths and curses sworn in their names. In rare cases, wronged mortals who call out with just rage might be heard by an erinyes who appears to take vengeance on their behalf. Once erinyes

magic rope. While bearing it, the erinyes can use the Entangling Rope action. The rope has AC 20, HP 90, and Immunity to Poison and Psychic damage. The rope turns to dust if reduced to 0 Hit Points

Draconian Mastermind

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

) Proficiency Bonus +3 Death Throes. When the draconian is reduced to 0 hit points, its magical essence lashes out as a ball of lightning at the closest creature within 30 feet of it before arcing out to

: dimension door, disguise self, sending Reactions Magic Shield (3/Day). When the draconian is hit by an attack roll, it can create an invisible barrier of magical force around itself, granting it a +5 bonus to its AC against that attack and potentially causing the attack to miss.

Parade Ambush

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

bloodshed. Spirit of Vengeance If Kala is reduced to 0 hit points or apprehended, she calls out to the biza she made a pact with. If the characters convince Kala to call off her attack, this breaks her

stat block but does not have Sunlight Sensitivity. As the biza attacks, it calls out and curses the names Amos Nir, Nargis Ruba, and the others listed in the “Kings of Coin” section later in this

Living Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

. Unfettered. The living spell can move through any barrier, even a wall of magical force. Unusual Nature. The living spell doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. Actions Force Blade. Melee

. If any section is reduced to 0 hit points, the living spell and its chamber are destroyed (see “Planar Destruction” below). Magic Resistance. The living spell has advantage on saving throws

1. The Resplendent Grotto of Ichthyglug the Voluminous

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

through a curtain is greatly reduced; only creatures within 5 feet of it can hear anything from the other side. Any object thrown or shot through a watery curtain has a cost of 60 feet immediately applied

no farther falls to the floor inside the curtain. Spell effects that would not reasonably pass through the watery curtain are stopped by the barrier as though it were a solid wall. For example, a magic

Lorehold Scholars

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

minute, but the restrained target’s speed is halved instead of being reduced to 0. At the start of each of its turns, the restrained target takes 4 (1d8) force damage. A restrained target can repeat the

also use Force Barrier, if available. Repelling Burst. Melee Spell Attack: +7 to hit, reach 30 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) force damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it must

Therno Lake Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

. If the characters approach from the south, the giant beavers poke their heads above the barrier for a moment, then begin slapping their tails on the water. This calls the hunters in area L2, who

reduced to 0 hit points, the dam is breached. If the dam is breached, each creature in the lake is swept southward 300 feet by the ensuing deluge, though the beaver lodge (area L3) isn’t washed away

Curst

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

step. The maelephants (see Morte’s Planar Parade) of the Wall Watch patrol Curst’s perimeter: a high, corroded barrier lined with saw-toothed barbs and search towers. The elephantine warders turn their

speed reduced by 5 feet. Extradimensional Prison. Creatures can’t leave Curst using teleportation or by extradimensional or interplanar means other than the town’s gate to Carceri. Any attempt to do so

Mighty Servant of Leuk-o

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

of unstoppable destruction. Tales of the servant’s origins involve more conjecture than fact, often referring to otherworldly beings, the mysterious Barrier Peaks in Oerth, and the supposedly related

is reduced to 0 hit points, this trait doesn’t function until an attuned creature spends 24 hours repairing the artifact or until the artifact is subjected to lightning damage. Standing Leap. The

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

known today. However, its true origins derive from a planar craft that crashed in the Barrier Peaks, for the Infernal Machine once functioned as this craft’s central command console. Explorers who

through difficult terrain, your speed is reduced by 10 feet until the end of your next turn. 66 You increase one ability score of your choice by 2. You can increase an ability score above 20

D&D Beyond

Search Results