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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
door, dispel magic, fly, invisibilityThough deathlocks exist to serve their patrons, they retain some freedom when it comes to devising tactics and carrying out plans. Powerful deathlocks recruit
forging of a pact between a warlock and a patron is no minor occasion—at least not for the warlock. The consequences of breaking that pact can be dire and, in some cases, lethal. A warlock who fails
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
curse. Even with the Phyrexians defeated, the curse remains and spreads unchecked through Eldraine due to interference from the planeswalker Ashiok and Eriette, one of the witches who helped create the
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
spying on the temple for years, but he needs adventurers to help him survive its perils. He thinks that the secret to breaking Strahd's pact and freeing Barovia from its curse might be hidden there, but
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
reputation that is not wholly unearned, but they can prove to be valuable allies.
An Ancient Curse
The kenku once served a mysterious, powerful entity on another plane of existence. Some believe they
. Others strike out on their own in search of the secrets of flight, to master magic, or to uncover the secret of their curse and find a method to break it.
Kenku adventurers, despite their relative
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
unleashed on any who plunder the dragon’s treasure. Such a curse typically affects not only those who steal from the hoard, but anyone else who comes into contact with the treasure. Moreover, breaking the
, gathering the entire hoard together and performing some specific rite can end the curse. Such a rite might involve any or all of the elements suggested on the Breaking a Hoard Curse table. Breaking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. Rumor claims the light of Daoud’s Wondrous Lanthorn (see appendix A) is the key to breaking the curse. A ruler who believes the lantern is in the Lost Caverns sends an agent to recruit the characters
Adventure Hooks If you’re not using Nafas as a group patron, consider the following ways to involve the characters in this adventure: Lost Light. A powerful curse plunges a nearby nation into strife
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
make minor tweaks, such as replacing the quaggoth’s language, Undercommon, with one that’s more appropriate, such as Elvish or Sylvan. Need a fiery phoenix? Take the giant eagle or roc, give it immunity
to add a special trait. You can add a special trait of your own devising or pick up a special trait from one of the many creatures in the Monster Manual. For example, you can create a goblin-spider
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
detailed in “Magic Items”. Narrative Curses A curse might manifest during an adventure when a creature’s violation of a taboo warrants supernatural punishment, such as breaking a vow, defiling a tomb, or
Curses Every curse has rules that govern it. A curse typically takes one of the forms detailed below. Bestow Curse The simplest curses are created by the Bestow Curse spell. The effects of such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
supernatural punishment, such as breaking a vow, defiling a tomb, or murdering an innocent. Such a curse can have any effects you design, or it might be a customized version of another type of curse
Curses Alexandre Honoré The curse of demonic possession
has devastating effects Every curse has rules that govern it. A curse typically takes one of the forms detailed below. Bestow Curse The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
monster’s challenge rating. As another option, you can switch any of the damaging eye rays in the Monster Manual to an effect with a different damage type, such as replacing the enervation ray with a
combustion ray that deals fire damage instead of necrotic damage. Unless otherwise indicated, an alternative ability has the same range as the eye ray it is replacing, and it affects only one creature per
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Recovery. Both the mind flayers of Bluetspur and the Mists surrounding the domain employ methods similar to the modify memory spell to obscure victims’ memories of their abduction, replacing them with
hazy events or gaps of missing time. A character’s true memories can be restored by a remove curse or greater restoration spell. A victim of the mind flayers might have endured dozens of memory
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
imposed on a creature who breaks a lesser contract can be removed by any magic that ends a curse; a wish spell is needed to remove the penalty for breaking a greater contract. The Breaking a Greater
Feywild explorer is that most fey contracts can be broken with a remove curse spell or similar magic. Only the most powerful fey contracts are hard to break—ones woven by ancient hags, the queens of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
witch sisters performed a grand ritual to create a sleeping curse. Even with the Phyrexians defeated, the curse remains and spreads unchecked through Eldraine due to interference from the planeswalker
Ashiok and Eriette, one of the witches who helped create the curse. The Wicked Slumber affects rich and poor alike, causing them to fall into an endless sleep or roam as sleepwalkers. Animals are also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
source of the River Athis. In Bakar’s heyday, cool water sprang from the fountain, teleported to it from magical silos within the pyramid. The Fountain of Athis dried up the night of Amun Sa’s death. Only by breaking the pharaoh’s curse can the basin resume its flow and the land thrive once more.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Deathlock Mastermind Though deathlocks exist to serve their patrons, they retain some freedom when it comes to devising particular tactics and carrying out their plans. Powerful deathlocks recruit
You can customize a deathlock by replacing some or all of the spells in its Spellcasting trait with spells specific to its patron. Here are examples.
Deathlock
Archfey patron: blink, faerie fire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
doctor turn sour, Ez departed Mordentshire to hunt evil and find a family on her own terms. Since then, Ez has changed much, learning the ways of the Mists and replacing her leg with a splendid prosthetic
. “I go where angels fear to tread.” Adventures with Ez d’Avenir Use the statistics of an assassin to represent Ez, or you can use her stat block from Curse of Strahd. Consider the following plots
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
somehow using faerzress to spread chaos and madness, the demon worshipers have begun conducting rituals to infect Gracklstugh. Intent on weakening the city and breaking the power of King Horgar
Steelshadow V, the cultists plan to inflict a curse on the stone giants of Clan Cairngorm that causes them to grow second heads, driving them insane. WHORLSTONE TUNNELS: GENERAL FEATURES
The following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
opponents but one have collapsed. Although there’s no way for the characters to know this yet, the collapsed opponents have been rendered unconscious by the curse from Murgaxor’s orb (detailed at the start
of the adventure). Dean Tullus spread the curse to several students during the recent reception, and Murgaxor is now testing his magic’s power. The one remaining opponent reacts as follows: “What… what
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Waking Nightmares As the work of preparing Kollema Hall winds down, six students complain about headaches and go to the infirmary. All these students are feeling the effects of the curse caused by
students turn against. Characters on the hall’s first and second floors who succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check hear shouting and breaking glass on the third floor. Soon after, the panicking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
characters solve this problem by breaking the curse rather than killing the rivals, but either way, these foils no longer trouble the characters after they resolve this situation. (A rival group at these levels might consist of an Archmage, an Archpriest, a Spy Master, and a Warrior Commander.)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
only in extreme situations.
2 Balance. I strive to counter the deeds of someone for whom I feel responsible.
3 Bound. I’ve wronged someone and must work their will to avoid their curse
within me. I will fight against it and the world’s other evils for as long as I can.
9 I’m desperately seeking a cure to an affliction or a curse, either for someone close to me for myself
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
scolds those who display bad manners or foolish behavior. She can easily mimic the sound of breaking glass, which she likes to use to create a distraction. Personality Trait. “I can be trusted with a
Wereraven Mimicry d6 Sound and Source 1 Madrina mimics glass breaking and makes it sound like it’s coming from the servants’ attic (area C16). 2 Taspar mimics a snorting hog, which sounds like it’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the temple for years, but he needs adventurers to help him survive its perils. He thinks that the secret to breaking Strahd’s pact and freeing Barovia from its curse might be hidden there, but more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
individual represented by the doll. A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check can ascertain that the way to rob this power is by replacing the hag’s nail clipping with a piece of the
with pins or needles, the student it represents is blinded until the pins or needles are removed, or until a remove curse spell or similar magic is cast on that student. If the doll is stabbed through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Deathlocks The forging of a pact between a warlock and a patron is no minor occasion—at least not for the warlock. The consequences of breaking that pact can be dire and, in some cases, lethal. A
devising tactics and carrying out plans. Powerful deathlocks recruit lesser creatures to help them carry out their missions, becoming the masterminds behind vast conspiracies and intrigues that culminate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Replacing the stolen object ends the curse, as does a remove curse spell or similar magic.Gahg the verbeeg has a basket of goodies for her beloved Duhg
to dust and tatters. Treasure. Clutched in the chieftain’s left hand is a pearl of power. In her right hand is a +1 wand of the war mage. A curse befalls any creature that removes either magic item or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the Remove Curse spell or similar magic. If this effect reduces the creature to 0 hit points, it dies. The grove gets its name from the unusual will-o’-wisps that inhabit it. These will-o’-wisps—thought
Vineyard Withered Vineyard is a place of plague and illness. Rows of crops stand blight-gorged and decayed. The few fruits that spawn from the shriveled plants are gray and wrinkled, breaking open to reveal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
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 formed a coven dedicated to
, as described in the “Hag Covens” sidebar in the Monster Manual. The green hags use the following list of spells for their Shared Spellcasting trait, replacing the suggested spells:
1st level (4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Charisma checks and expects its every command to be quickly obeyed. This charm can be bestowed only once, and it can be removed with the Remove Curse spell. Secret Doors. There are two secret doors
explore the House of Cards. The knight is incapable of breaking its own chains. The chains holding the knight have AC 19, 30 hit points, vulnerability to radiant damage, and immunity to poison and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
passing party member’s opinion. Table H: Outer City Denizens d10 Interaction 1 2d4 Calishite thugs and 2d4 Tethyrian thugs curse at each other, ready to brawl 2 1d6 gnome commoners from the
them breaking free and rampaging through the district. Hamhocks Slaughterhouse This huge complex of pens, barns, and abattoirs is the largest slaughterhouse and knackery in Baldur’s Gate. Located in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
2d4 Calishite thugs and 2d4 Tethyrian thugs curse at each other, ready to brawl
2 1d6 gnome commoners from the Whitkeep Hostel throw tomatoes at passersby who flaunt their wealth
3 1d4
creatures, many neighbors fear that Ubis doesn’t take security seriously enough, and that his desire to coddle such dangerous beasts could lead to them breaking free and rampaging through the district
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
away at the ice, breaking through it after 1 hour. (The more characters who help, the more quickly the ice is removed.) The noise is loud enough to attract the ice troll in area D9. If the characters
(250 gp), and a scrimshaw figurine of an archer etched with magical script. This figurine functions like a spell scroll of remove curse, then turns to dust after its magic is spent. Third Layer. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
of the dreams sent to him by Patrina, Kasimir informs the characters that the secret to breaking Strahd’s pact and freeing Barovia from its curse might be hidden there. Kasimir doesn’t know whether
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
these new statues, breaking the Swordmaiden and the Hawk Man, and sinking the God Catcher into the street up to its waist. Then all the statues mysteriously stopped their rampage just as quickly as they
alley in the Dock Ward suffers from a magical curse that causes three daggers to appear out of thin air and attack passersby. The daggers swoop and fly about, making multiple attempts at murder before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
gold coins and other precious objects. An inscription on the wall above the sarcophagus reads, “May death curse all who interrupt my rest.”
This tomb honors a selfish prince cursed by Uncle
) check. If the characters disturb the sarcophagus or the treasure, the gummy prince emerges from his sarcophagus and engages the characters in combat. The mephits join the fray. Candy Curse. A character