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explosive fire, arcing lightning, subtle deception, and spectacular transformations. Their magic conjures monsters from other planes of existence, glimpses the future, or forms protective barriers. Their
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
chambers beneath the towns of other species. From such enclaves, they quietly ply their trade as thieves and assassins.
The Killing Light. The Summer Queen's curse causes a darkling's body to absorb light
absorbs over the course of its lifetime explodes outward when the darkling dies, incinerating the creature and much of its possessions.
Love of Art. Despite their curse, darklings retain a fondness
Darkling Elder
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
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The Killing Light. The Summer Queen's curse causes a darkling's body to absorb light, and doing so wizens the creature, much like the effect of rapid aging. For this reason, darklings cover every
much of its possessions.
Love of Art. Despite their curse, darklings retain a fondness for the beauty of art. A darkling might risk taking a peek at a sunset or lighting a tiny candle to glimpse
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Demonic Ritual. Brusipha can spend 3 hours performing a ritual that summons 1d3 + 1 barlgura;barlguras or 1 hezrou. She must sacrifice a Medium or larger living creature to Baphomet during this
ritual, and the ritual can be performed only at night. The demons vanish at dawn.
Labyrinthine Recall. Brusipha can perfectly recall any path she has traveled.Multiattack. Brusipha makes two Eldritch
Mummy Lord
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, and its hit point maximum decreases by 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Rotting Fist"} for every 24 hours that elapse. If the curse reduces the target's hit point maximum
to 0, the target dies, and its body turns to dust. The curse lasts until removed by the remove curse spell or other magic.
Dreadful Glare. The mummy lord targets one creature it can see within 60 feet
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
saving throw or have disadvantage on saving throws against the frightened condition. This curse lasts until removed by the Remove Curse spell or other magic.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation
necromancy are prevalent.
To create a deathwolf, a necromancer reanimates the body of a powerful werewolf by conducting a profane ritual fueled by lunar magic. The result is an Undead abomination that
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Pact of Pain. Using a 10-minute ritual, the daemogoth can forge a magical bond with a willing creature it touches throughout the ritual. The creature becomes bound by the pact until it dies, the
daemogoth dies, or the pact is broken by any effect that can remove a curse.
The daemogoth chooses one spell from the necromancy or enchantment school that is 3rd level or lower. The bound creature can
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
unconscious creature remains asleep until it is no longer in the area with tendrils, takes any damage, or is targeted by a remove curse spell or similar magic.Nightmare haunts are terrors from the
Slumber.
The Wicked Slumber
During the Phyrexian invasion of Eldraine, the high fae monarch Talion, the Kindly Lord, and a trio of witch sisters performed a grand ritual to create a sleeping
Monsters
Tyranny of Dragons
decreases by 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Rotting Fist"} for every 24 hours that elapse. If the curse reduces the target’s hit point maximum to 0, the target
dies, and its body turns to dust. The curse lasts until removed by the remove curse spell or other magic.
Dreadful Glare. Diderius targets one creature he can see within 60 feet of him. If the target
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
"} for every 24 hours that elapse. If the curse reduces the target’s hit point maximum to 0, the target dies and its body turns to dust. The curse lasts until removed by the Remove Curse spell or
starvation loomed over Nafik and his priests. In a desperate measure, Nafik wrought a haphazard ritual on himself and his fellow priests, transforming them and himself into Undead. Heartless and corrupted
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Hit Point Reduction"} for every 24 hours that elapse. If the curse reduces the target’s hit point maximum to 0, the target dies, and its body turns to dust. The curse
lasts until removed by the remove curse spell or other magic.
Dreadful Glare. Valin targets one creature she can see within 60 feet of her. If the target can see Valin, it must succeed on a DC 16
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
: dancing lights, mage hand, message, thaumaturgy
1/day each: augury (cast as 1 action), bestow curse, cordon of arrows, detect magic, speak with dead, spirit guardiansThe Uthgardt are suspicious and
require some sort of blood sacrifice, and their effects are usually transformative. For example, some Black Raven shamans know a ritual that allows them to hatch giant ravens from normal raven eggs, and
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
, Prestidigitation
2/day each: Bestow Curse, Dispel Magic
1/day: SlowYears ago, a wizard named Gremorly drew the Throne card from a Deck of Many Things, gaining ownership of a small castle called Sovereign
performed a ritual that turned Sovereign Keep into a ghost trap: anyone who dies within the castle walls rises as an incorporeal spirit, trapped within the castle. Then, he waited. When adventurers
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, and its hit point maximum decreases by 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Rotting Fist"} for every 24 hours that elapse. If the curse reduces the target's hit point maximum
to 0, the target dies, and its body turns to dust. The curse lasts until removed by the remove curse spell or other magic.
Dreadful Glare. The mummy lord targets one creature it can see within 60
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
curse reduces the target’s hit point maximum to 0, the target dies, and its body turns to spores. The curse lasts until removed by the remove curse spell or other magic.
Dreadful Glare. The
2 Actions). The fungal servant magically unleashes negative energy. Creatures within 60 feet of the fungal servant, including ones behind barriers and around corners, can’t regain hit points
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
that path is long and fraught with barriers. Alhoons are mind flayers who have used a shortcut to attain a lichlike state.
Elder brains forbid mind flayers from pursuing magic power aside from psionics
amethyst. The process requires at least three mind flayer arcanists and the sacrifice of an equal number of souls from living victims in a three-day-long ritual of spellcasting and psionic communion. Upon
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
lost hag.
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You were cursed as a child. A deal with the spirits of the forest transformed you into a hexblood, now free of the curse.
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You began life as a fey creature, but an accident
considered a gift from the town’s patron deity, who is known as Mother.
BECOMING A HAG
Hags can undertake a ritual to irreversibly transform a hexblood they created into a new hag, either one of
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
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Liquefaction Ritual. The shator can perform a 1-minute ritual that turns all willing farastu demodand;farastus and kelubar demodand;kelubars of its choice within 60 feet of itself into a living liquid form. Each
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
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
. The covetous hags each knew part of a ritual for crafting magic paintings that could bind mortal creatures with a terrible curse. After agreeing to share their knowledge and work together, they
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, fly, hold person, suggestion, wall of fire
1/day each: dominate person, etherealness, feeblemindLong ago, the Raven Queen cursed a cabal of powerful wizards for meddling in a ritual that would have
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Hungry to claim more power despite the Raven Queen’s curse, nagpas strive to bring about world-shaking destruction. From the shadows, they manipulate events to bring about ruin. They can bring to
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
worshipers to enact its will beyond the Abyss. The exact nature of the curse that binds Aurnozci to Xulregg is its cult’s most closely guarded secret, fully known only to the faith’s enigmatic
down mortal souls for violent ritual sacrifice to their god.
Roleplaying Aurnozci
Aurnozci is a being of mindless destruction, and the Caged Worm has few dealings with mortals that don’t end
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Detect Poison and Disease 1st-level divination (ritual) Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a yew leaf) Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes For the duration, you can sense
most barriers, but it is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Detect Magic 1st-level divination (ritual) Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes For the duration, you sense the presence of magic within 30
. The spell can penetrate most barriers, but it is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the ritual, powerful magical barriers surround Teremini and her ritual components, which include the fifth rod piece. Stopping the Ritual. Argentia insists there must be a way to disrupt Teremini’s
moonlight lose control of their powers and succumb to raw, animalistic instinct, making it easier for Teremini to manipulate or trap them. Mage’s Ritual. Teremini learned her red moonlight magic from a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
created by the lunar dragon Orinix. These crystals are components for Teremini’s ritual, but they have no value or special properties. When the characters arrive, these daises are surrounded by barriers
condition until the start of its next turn. While Teremini concentrates on her ritual, spherical barriers of solid moonlight also surround each lunar crystal dais. Nothing can physically pass through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Disrupting the Ritual Alexandre Honoré To retrieve the fifth rod piece, the characters must stop Teremini Nightsedge’s
ritual to enshroud the Three Moons Vault in magical red moonlight Teremini’s
ritual is disrupted if either of the following occurs: Red moonlight shines on the white crystal, white moonlight shines on the black crystal, and black moonlight shines on the red crystal. A lunar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Detect Magic 1st-level divination (ritual) Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes For the duration, you sense the presence of magic within 30
. The spell can penetrate most barriers, but it is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Detect Poison and Disease 1st-level divination (ritual) Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a yew leaf) Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes For the duration, you can sense
most barriers, but it is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Heart of Ashes An Adventure for 8th-Level Characters Ghalasine is under a terrible curse. An evil spellcaster has enacted a ritual to siphon life from the city’s people and reduce the city itself to
ash. Powering the ritual is the heart of Ghalasine’s vanquished leader, King Jhaeros Astolko. In this adventure, the characters must infiltrate Castle Cinis and recover the king’s heart to end the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Shemshime’s Curse Those who hear the melody of the rhyme find it to be irresistibly catchy, and they hum it over and over again. Such individuals have become cursed. The rhyme acts as a summoning
ritual intended to restore Shemshime. When enough people join in the singing of the rhyme, or enough time passes while people are singing it, the ritual will be completed. As that occasion approaches
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
empowering of the night to appease the slain creature’s deity. The character might prevent a festival dedicated to a sun god or perform a ritual that shrouds an entire settlement in magical night for 24 hours, thus ending the curse.
.” Burden. The character has disadvantage on attack rolls brought on by brief, sporadic bouts of confusion. Resolution. To lift the curse, the character must cause a symbolic setting of the sun or an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
box, the lid pops open and a soothing voice says the following: “Greetings, operatives. The city of Ghalasine is under a terrible curse, and the Golden Vault has learned that the evil spellcaster
Charmayne Daymore is behind it. Charmayne was once an adviser to King Jhaeros, but she used the king’s heart to power a ritual that is devastating the city and killing its people. Our sources say that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
whims of the gods and petition them for glimpses of their vast insight. This gift also comes with a curse, though, which typically takes the form of dire insights. Consult the Oracle Curse table to
traits when you reach the specified piety score. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for any spell that you cast through these traits. Augur Piety 3+ Oracle trait You can cast augury as a ritual with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
outside in, until nothing but dust remains.
Ending a Mummy’s Curse. Rare magic can undo or dispel the ritual that gave rise to a mummy, allowing it to truly die. More commonly, a mummy can be sent back to
inscribed with necromantic markings before the burial ritual concludes with an invocation to darkness. As a mummy endures in undeath, it animates in response to conditions specified by the ritual. Most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
resistant to all magic except a wish spell. A creature can also remove such a curse on itself by learning and performing a specific task or ritual, determined by rolling on the Ending the Curse table
Feywild denizen Entering a forbidden place Appearing in a fey court without an invitation You can determine the curse’s effect by rolling on the Fey Curses table. Fey Curses d8 Curse 1 Your ears






