before blocking disease continues reduces

Death Dog Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

failure. This reduction lasts until the disease is cured. The creature dies if the disease reduces its hit point maximum to 0.A death dog is an ugly two-headed hound that roams plains, and deserts

":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw against disease or become poisoned until the

Otyugh Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

, reducing its hit point maximum by 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Bite"} on a failure. The disease is cured on a success. The target dies if the disease reduces its hit

is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw against disease or become poisoned until the disease is cured. Every 24 hours that elapse, the target must repeat the saving throw

Reduced-threat Otyugh

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

failure. The disease is cured on a success. The target dies if the disease reduces its hit point maximum to 0. This reduction to the target's hit point maximum lasts until the disease is cured. Tentacle

":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw against disease or become poisoned until the

Blue Slaad Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

its hit point maximum is reduced by 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Claw"} every 24 hours. If the disease reduces the target’s hit point maximum to 0, the target

damage. If the target is a humanoid, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be infected with a disease called chaos phage. While infected, the target can’t regain hit points, and

Neo-Otyugh

Monsters Infernal Machine Rebuild

. The target dies if the disease reduces its hit point maximum to 0. This reduction to the target's hit point maximum lasts until the disease is cured. Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation

":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 17 Constitution saving throw against disease or become poisoned until the disease is cured. Every 24 hours that

Clay Golem Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

continues to do so until it is destroyed or regains all its hit points. Immutable Form. The golem is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form. Magic Resistance. The golem has advantage on

dies if this attack reduces its hit point maximum to 0. The reduction lasts until removed by the greater restoration spell or other magic. Haste (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType

Blue Slaad (control gem variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. If the target is a humanoid, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be infected with a disease called chaos

phage. While infected, the target can't regain hit points, and its hit point maximum is reduced by 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Claw"} every 24 hours. If the disease

Reduced-threat Clay Golem

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

continues to do so until it is destroyed or regains all its hit points. Immutable Form. The golem is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form. Magic Resistance. The golem has advantage on

its hit point maximum reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken. The target dies if this attack reduces its hit point maximum to 0. The reduction lasts until removed by the greater restoration

King Jhaeros

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

is near enough to move to and attack, Jhaeros attacks an object, with preference for an object smaller than himself. Once Jhaeros goes berserk, he continues to do so until he is destroyed or regains

Constitution saving throw or have its hit point maximum reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken. The target dies if this attack reduces its hit point maximum to 0. The reduction lasts until removed by the

Death Dog

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

, reducing its hit point maximum by 5 (1d10) on a failure. This reduction lasts until the disease is cured. The creature dies if the disease reduces its hit point maximum to 0.

explorers. Death dog saliva carries a foul disease that causes a victim’s flesh to slowly rot off the bone. Death Dog Medium monstrosity, neutral evil Armor Class 12 Hit Points 39 (6d8 + 12

Blue Slaad

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

phage. While infected, the target can’t regain hit points, and its hit point maximum is reduced by 10 (3d6) every 24 hours. If the disease reduces the target’s hit point maximum to 0, the target instantly

Blue Slaad The bone hooks that protrude from the back of a blue slaad’s hands inflict a terrible transformative disease on humanoids wounded by them. This infection, called chaos phage, transforms

Neo-Otyugh

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

) on a failure. The disease is cured on a success. The target dies if the disease reduces its hit point maximum to 0. This reduction to the target’s hit point maximum lasts until the disease is cured

Constitution saving throw against disease or become poisoned until the disease is cured. Every 24 hours that elapse, the target must repeat the saving throw, reducing its hit point maximum by 5 (1d10

Otyugh

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

disease is cured on a success. The target dies if the disease reduces its hit point maximum to 0. This reduction to the target’s hit point maximum lasts until the disease is cured. Tentacle. Melee

throw against disease or become poisoned until the disease is cured. Every 24 hours that elapse, the target must repeat the saving throw, reducing its hit point maximum by 5 (1d10) on a failure. The

The Gnawing Plague

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

saving throw reduces the infected creature’s level of exhaustion below 1, the creature recovers from the disease. Immunity. All forms of rats and wererats are immune to the Gnawing Plague. Wearing a mask curtails the plague but not wererats

rats, or wererat that carries the disease, or by coming into physical contact with an infected creature. Infection. Creatures exposed to the disease must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or

Diseases

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

throw reduces the infected creature’s level of exhaustion below 1, the creature recovers from the disease. Explorers can avoid contracting throat leeches by drinking only rainwater or water that’s been

Diseases The following diseases can affect giants and humanoids exploring the jungles of Chult. Remember that lesser restoration and similar magic can cure a disease. Blue Mist Fever A magical mist

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

crawl to make progress. In places where a tunnel opens into a chasm and continues on the other side, the kobolds might connect the two passages with a rope bridge or some other rickety structure

responsible for blocking tunnels to deter pursuit. Kobolds feel a cool affinity or something like kinship for other members of their tribe, but they are rarely affectionate with each other. Two kobolds

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

created the orcs and continues to direct their destiny. He is aided and abetted by the other warrior deities, Bahgtru and Ilneval, who bring strength and cunning to the battlefield. The followers of all

gather and celebrate, dwell the followers of Yurtrus, the god of disease and death, and Shargaas, the god of darkness and the unknown. Orcs too weak for battle (because of bodily weakness, malformation

Sample Diseases

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

Sample Diseases The diseases here illustrate the variety of ways disease can work in the game. Feel free to alter the saving throw DCs, incubation times, symptoms, and other characteristics of these

diseases to suit your campaign. Cackle Fever This disease targets humanoids, although gnomes are strangely immune. While in the grips of this disease, victims frequently succumb to fits of mad

Diseases

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

successful save, the character’s exhaustion level decreases by one level. If a successful saving throw reduces the infected creature’s level of exhaustion below 1, the creature recovers from the disease

on party resources, curable by a casting of lesser restoration. A more complicated outbreak can form the basis of one or more adventures as characters search for a cure, stop the spread of the disease

Drowned Ascetic

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising

mile of it, and can communicate its thoughts and observations to them instantaneously and without limitation. Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the drowned ascetic to 0 hit points, it must make a

, the drowned ascetic must see the attacker. BLUEROT This disease target humanoids. While afflicted with bluerot, a victim grows grotesque blue boils on their face and back. This disease is carried

Otyugh

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

saving throw, reducing its hit point maximum by 5 (1d10) on a failure. The disease is cured on a success. The target dies if the disease reduces its hit point maximum to 0. This reduction to the

. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw against disease or become poisoned until the disease is cured. Every 24 hours that elapse, the target must repeat the

Bottom Card: Reward or Ruin

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

and don’t need to consume any of their rations. They eat well that night, and each character begins the next day with inspiration. Reduced Travel Time. The characters find a shortcut that reduces the

this setback: perhaps the characters became lost in the woods or encountered an obstacle blocking their path. Add two more cards to the spread. Lost Gear. The characters lose their rations or are

Druids of Khorvaire

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

champions of the natural world. We defend it from anything and anyone who threatens it. We, the Children of Winter, preserve the natural cycle of life and death. Disease and decay cull the weak and

strengthen the whole. We must destroy undead and ensure that the cycle continues. We, the Gatekeepers, protect the natural world from the forces that come from outside it, from those beings that slither in

Night Hag

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

also cures any disease. Crafting a heartstone takes 30 days. Soul Bag. When an evil humanoid dies as a result of a night hag’s Nightmare Haunting, the hag catches the soul in this black sack made

spectral form straddling its prey. The ethereal hag fills her victim’s head with doubts and fears, in the hope of tricking it into performing evil acts in the waking world. The hag continues her nightly

The Sinkhole

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

the disease is cured or the effect is removed with a lesser restoration spell or similar magic. If a successful saving throw reduces the infected creature’s exhaustion level to 0, the creature

, presumably filling the room beyond as well. The area smells of rot. Diseased Pool. The water is about 5 feet deep and is tainted by disease. Anyone who drinks the water or wades into it is exposed

Clay Golem

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

can see. If no creature is near enough to move to and attack, the golem attacks an object, with preference for an object smaller than itself. Once the golem goes berserk, it continues to do so until

the damage taken. The target dies if this attack reduces its hit point maximum to 0. The reduction lasts until removed by the greater restoration spell or other magic. Haste (Recharge 5–6). Until

D: Sunward Fortress

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage. If the target is a Humanoid, it must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be infected with a disease—a minuscule slaad egg. A

1 round, killing the host in the process. If the disease is cured before the tadpole’s emergence, the tadpole disintegrates. Stairs. In the northwest corner of the level, stairs descend to area D5

Life and Outlook

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

against intruders, and their plans always include knowing the best escape routes and who is responsible for blocking tunnels to deter pursuit. Kobolds feel a cool affinity or something like kinship for

other humanoid races. At 6 years old a kobold is considered an adult. Most succumb to violence, accidents, or disease by age 20, but a kobold can live for up to 120 years — a longevity they attribute to

Hlam

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

story as a helpful figure, and the characters can visit him in his cave if they need guidance or training. The Order of the Gauntlet considers him a staunch ally. Hlam is immune to disease and

. Hlam reduces the bludgeoning damage he takes from a fall by 100. Legendary Actions Hlam can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be

Pixie Kingdom

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

, Jeremy sprinkles pixie dust (see appendix A) on them. Jeremy also presents each character with a potion that, when consumed within the boundary of the Pixie Kingdom, reduces the imbiber’s size to Tiny

who has the lowest check result, at which point all the remaining characters move to new hiding places and make another check. The game continues until only one character remains hidden; this

Example Complex Traps

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

gains advantage on its attack against the creature. The creature then attacks. Each blade has AC 15 and 15 hit points. Destroying a blade reduces the Whirling Blades attack bonus by 2. Dexterity check

using thieves’ tools, DC 15. Creatures can use thieves’ tools in the area attacked by the blades to foil their mechanism. A successful check reduces the Whirling Blades attack bonus by 2. Crushing

Event 6: Shemshime

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

the characters’ minds (see “The Rhyme”). The scene played out in the book also continues to its conclusion, showing the tiny representation of Shemshime being crushed beneath a millstone

XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Crushing End. If damage reduces Shemshime to 0 hit points, Shemshime instead drops to 1 hit point unless the damage is the result of Shemshime being crushed by an object

Tresendar Manor Dungeon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

clear water bubbles lazily. A door on the cellar’s west wall is ajar. Cistern. Operatives of the Six tainted the cistern here. The water might appear pure, but it’s teeming with a magical disease

Constitution saving throw or contract the disease. Symptoms strike when a victim starts a long rest or next becomes excited, as during combat. A victim suffers severe cramps, and their bowels make sounds

Astral Dreadnought

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

communicate. It simply consumes any prey it finds, then continues its silent patrol. It can’t leave the Astral Plane, nor would it want to. Titans of the Chained God. Tharizdun, the Chained God, created astral

damage reduces it to 0 hit points or it is incapacitated, the astral dreadnought swallows it. The swallowed target, along with everything it is wearing and carrying, appears in an unoccupied space on

Outpost Locations

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

pulling the lever a second time. This trap is designed to isolate a single enemy in the western part of the room, blocking it from its allies with the spikes. Creatures can see through the gaps between

frozen ferry in Easthaven. From this new base, the search for chardalyn continues. Long may our father reign over this dark land! Durth Nildar Sunblight The characters can visit the ferry or give

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