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Death Curse

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

Death Curse Understanding how Acererak’s death curse works is vital to running the adventure smoothly. The Soulmonger was activated 20 days ago and remains active until it is destroyed. While the

spells or similar magic. The death curse has no effect on preexisting ghosts or spirits. Meat Grinder Tomb of Annihilation can be played as written, or you can make it even more difficult by running it as

Book of Vile Darkness

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

attuned to the book, you can cast the following spells (save DC 18) from it: Animate Dead Circle of Death Dominate Monster Finger of Death Once you use the book to cast a spell, you can’t

, foul rites that allow one to transform into a death knight or lich, or long-lost spells crafted by beings so evil their names ought never to be spoken aloud. Vile Speech. While the book is on your

Sea Hag

Monsters Monster Manual

finish a Long Rest before using this trait to cast that spell again. Vile Appearance. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 11, any Beast or Humanoid that starts its turn within 30 feet of the hag and can see the hag

":"Slashing"} Slashing damage. Death Glare (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Death Glare"}. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 11, one Frightened creature the hag can see within

Deva

Monsters Monster Manual

components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17): At Will: Detect Evil and Good, Shapechange (Beast or Humanoid form only, no Temporary Hit Points gained from the spell

, and no Concentration or Temporary Hit Points required to maintain the spell)1/Day Each: Commune, Raise DeadRadiantDivine Aid (2/Day). The deva casts Cure Wounds, Lesser Restoration, or Remove Curse, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.

Geas

Spells Player’s Handbook

death. Should you issue a suicidal command, the spell ends. A Remove Curse,Greater Restoration, or Wish spell ends this spell. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. If you use a level 7 or 8 spell slot

Demonomicon of Iggwilv

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

. The tome recounts both the oldest and most current profanities of the Abyss and demons. Demons have attempted to censor the text, and while sections have been ripped from the book’s spine, the

general chapters remain, ever revealing demonic secrets. Caged behind lines of script roils a secret piece of the Abyss itself, which keeps the book up-to-date, no matter how many pages are removed, and

Symbol

Spells Player’s Handbook

You inscribe a harmful glyph either on a surface (such as a section of floor or wall) or within an object that can be closed (such as a book or chest). The glyph can cover an area no larger than 10

symbol bears: Death, Discord, Fear, Pain, Sleep, or Stunning. Each one is explained below. Set the Trigger. You decide what triggers the glyph when you cast the spell. For glyphs inscribed on a

Iron Flask

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

commands even if it doesn’t know the language in which the commands are given. If you issue no commands or give the creature a command that is likely to result in its death or imprisonment, it

creature, but the only way to determine the type of creature is to open the flask. A newly discovered Iron Flask might already contain a creature chosen by the DM or determined randomly by rolling on

Moonblade

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

rejects you but also places a curse on you, causing you to make D20 Test;D20 Tests with Disadvantage for 24 hours or until the curse is ended by a Remove Curse spell or similar magic. If you’re

rolling on the Moonblade Properties table. Minor Property. In addition to its aforementioned properties, each Moonblade has a minor property determined by rolling on the Magic Item’s Minor

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

combat, you have Advantage on Death Saving Throws for 1 year. If someone else reduces your chosen foe to 0 Hit Points or you don’t choose a foe, this card has no effect. Donjon. You disappear

Fates card can end this curse. Fates. Reality’s fabric unravels and spins anew, allowing you to avoid or erase one event as if it never happened. You can use the card’s magic as soon as

Spore of Moander

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

":"Explosive Core", "rollDamageType":"Fire"} Fire damage. Rolling Mass. The spore doesn’t need to expend extra movement to move through Difficult Terrain.Multiattack. The spore makes four Tendril

, ancient forests, and miasmic lagoons touched by Abyssal evil. A spore of Moander has no grand agenda beyond spreading death and sorrow. Still, cultists of Moander look on these terrible creatures

Scion of the Three

Classes Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

and murder; and Myrkul, a god of death. While some Rogues of this subclass pledge themselves ardently to those three macabre gods, others are thrust on this path by a curse. Either way, a scion’s

Path of the Beast (TCoE)

Classes Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

a barbarian might be inhabited by a primal spirit or be descended from shape-shifters. You can choose the origin of your feral might or determine it by rolling on the Origin of the Beast table

. Origin of the Beast d4 Origin 1 One of your parents is a lycanthrope, and you’ve inherited some of their curse. 2 You are descended from an archdruid and inherited the

Path of the Beast

Classes Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

a barbarian might be inhabited by a primal spirit or be descended from shape-shifters. You can choose the origin of your feral might or determine it by rolling on the Origin of the Beast table

. Origin of the Beast d4 Origin 1 One of your parents is a lycanthrope, and you’ve inherited some of their curse. 2 You are descended from an archdruid and inherited the

Libram of Souls and Flesh

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

are attuned to the book: animate dead, circle of death, false life, finger of death, speak with dead, summon undead (appears in this book), vampiric touch. It functions as a spellbook for you. While

With covers made of skin and fittings of bone, this tome is cold to the touch, and it whispers faintly. When found, the book contains the following spells, which are wizard spells for you while you

Gingwatzim

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

as a book, dagger, or gemstone) that its creator is carrying or wearing when the gingwatzim is conjured. The other form can be any Tiny beast. Once these alternate forms are chosen, they can’t

its statistics, and it is indistinguishable from the thing it is imitating. In beast form, it retains its hit points but otherwise uses the stat block of the beast it is imitating. When it dies, the

Spirit Statue Mascot

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Death Burst. When the spirit statue is reduced to 0 hit points, the statue crumbles, and the spirit returns to the afterlife in a burst of ghostly white flame. Each creature within 5 feet of it must

succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or take 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Death Burst","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage.Slam. Melee Weapon Attack

Gambler's Blade

Magic Items Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

;3) to your death saving throws. You can change this magical bonus each day at dawn. Curse. This weapon is cursed, and becoming attuned to it extends the curse to you. Until the curse is broken with a remove curse spell or similar magic, you are unwilling to part with the weapon.

Vargouille Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

undoes the changes made to the target by the curse. Stunning Shriek. The vargouille shrieks. Each humanoid and beast within 30 feet of the vargouille and able to hear it must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom

takes on fiendish aspects. The curse doesn't advance while the target is in sunlight or the area of a daylight spell; don't count that time. When the cursed target's Charisma becomes 2, it dies, and its

Book of Vile Darkness (Variant)

Magic Items Keys from the Golden Vault

great evil claims your soul. You can’t be restored to life by any means while your soul remains imprisoned. The Book of Vile Darkness has the following properties: Circle of Death. While attuned

to the book, you can cast circle of death (save DC 20) from it as an action. After you cast the spell, roll a d6. On a roll of 1–5, you can’t use this property again until the next dawn

Nass Lantomir's Ghost

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

and headed toward the Sea of Moving Ice, hoping to find a tome called The Codicil of White, a book of magic and lore composed by servants of Auril the Frostmaiden. The Arcane Brotherhood believes that

this book tells how to reach a lost city of magic entombed in the ice. Before she could obtain the book, Nass perished. She now exists as a ghost, unable to rest until she finds the book. Characters

Mummy Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

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

of all mummies (but not mummy lords) for the next 24 hours.Raised by dark funerary rituals and still wrapped in the shrouds of death, mummies shamble out from lost temples and tombs to slay any who disturb their rest.Necrotic, PoisonBludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksFire

Book of Vile Darkness Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

, plus whatever else you choose: Vile Apotheosis. The book could hold a ritual that allows a character to become a lich or death knight. True Names. The true names of any number of fiends might be in

even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness. Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every

Syndra Silvane

Monsters Tomb of Annihilation

spells on herself before combat. Death Curse. Syndra’s hit point maximum has been reduced to 79 by the Soulmonger’s death curse, and it decreases by 1 every midnight. If her hit point

maximum drops to 0, Syndra dies and can’t be brought back from the dead until the death curse has ended (and if her soul hasn’t been devoured). Destroying the Soulmonger is the only way to halt

Thessaltoxin (Ingested or Injury)

Equipment

affected by the polymorph spell. The creature’s new form is a random beast or a creature it has seen within the last 24 hours (as chosen by the DM). This transformation lasts until the end of the

target’s next long rest. This effect is not subject to dispel magic or remove curse, but a greater restoration spell restores the creature to its original form.

Soul Monger Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

components: At will: chill touch (3d8;{"diceNotation":"3d8","rollType":"roll"} damage), poison spray (3d12;{"diceNotation":"3d12","rollType":"roll"} damage) 1/day each: bestow curse, chain lightning

, finger of death, gaseous form, phantasmal killer, seeming Magic Resistance. The soul monger has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Soul Thirst. When the soul monger

Uthgardt Shaman

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

on an Uthgardt shaman’s tribe, the shaman’s Innate Spellcasting feature gains additional spells the shaman can cast once per day. Black Lion: chill touch, feign death, revivify Black

Vargouille

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage. Abyssal Curse

hour, as its head takes on fiendish aspects. The curse doesn’t advance while the target is in sunlight or the area of a daylight spell; don’t count that time. When the cursed target’s

Drow Inquisitor Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

wounds, inflict wounds 2nd level (3 slots): blindness/deafness, silence, spiritual weapon 3rd level (3 slots): bestow curse, dispel magic, magic circle 4th level (3 slots): banishment, divination

rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The drow makes three death lance attacks. Death Lance. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10","rollType":"to

Deva Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

"} hit points and is freed from any curse, disease, poison, blindness, or deafness. Change Shape. The deva magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating equal to or less than

Polymorph Blade

Magic Items Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

immune to this effect if it is immune to damage of the weapon’s type, is a shapechanger, or has legendary actions. Curse. This weapon is cursed, and becoming attuned to it extends the curse to

you. Until the curse is broken with a remove curse spell or similar magic, you are unwilling to part with the weapon. Whenever you attack a creature with this weapon and roll a 1 on the attack roll

Darkling Elder Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Death Burn. When the darkling elder dies, magical light flashes out from it in a 10-foot radius as its body and possessions, other than metal or magic objects, burn to ash. Any creature in that area

must make a DC 11 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the creature takes 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Death Burn","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage and

Fensir Devourer

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Death Curse. When the fensir starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate, it releases a curse on those around it. Each creature within 30 feet of the fensir when it dies must

, the creature must succeed on a DC 13 Charisma saving throw or take 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Curse", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage

Dunbarrow Witch

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

/day each: animal messenger, charm person, Tasha's hideous laughter 1/day each: bestow curse, dispel magic “Taste the sweetness, breath for breath. Keep the balance, death for death.&rdquo

, while others animate furniture, weapons, or other objects. Feel free to build encounters with witches that include additional creatures such as animated armor, a flying sword, a rug of smothering, or a Tiny Beast acting as a spy.

Specter of Night

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

, calling to those close to death. Each non-Undead creature within 120 feet of the specter must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the creature hears the wail and is marked for death

. A creature marked for death can’t regain hit points, has disadvantage on death saving throws, and all attack rolls against it are made with advantage. This effect lasts for 1 minute or until

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