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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
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
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
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
rest. The curse lasts until it is lifted by a remove curse spell or similar magic.
Summon Erinyes (1/Day). Mahadi summons Ilzabet, an erinyes bound to him by an infernal contract. The erinyes appears
curse takes effect whenever the target takes a short or long rest, filling the target’s thoughts with horrible images and dreams. The cursed target gains no benefit from finishing a short or long
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
be the victim of a night hag’s curse.
Carrying Soul Coins. To hold a soul coin is to feel the soul bound within it — overcome with rage or fraught with despair.
An evil creature can
answer you truthfully and to the best of its ability. The answer is no more than a sentence or two and might be cryptic.
Freeing a Soul. Casting a spell that removes a curse on a soul coin frees the soul
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
lost hag.
4
You were cursed as a child. A deal with the spirits of the forest transformed you into a hexblood, now free of the curse.
5
You began life as a fey creature, but an accident
changed you and forced you from your home.
6
A slighted druid transformed you and bound you to live only so long as a sacred tree bears fruit.
Hexbloods in the Domains of Dread
When
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
will: detect magic, druidcraft, speak with animals
2/day each: polymorph, remove curse, speak with plants
1/day: awaken (as an action), plane shift (self only)Skabatha is the oldest member of the
creature she sees when she awakens after a long rest. See the stat block for details.
Hourglass Coven
The Hourglass Coven is a group of three hags, each one bound to an aspect of time: one reflects
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
, to life—even at the cost of my own life.”
Flaw. “I believe my sister can be redeemed.”
Treasure. Kasimir wears a ring of warmth and has a leather-bound spellbook containing all the spells he has
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
command, illusory script
2nd
enthrall, ray of enfeeblement, zone of truth
3rd
bestow curse, speak with dead, spirit guardians
4th
blight, death ward
the flesh as long as possible, and as a spirit afterward. (Any)
Bonds
d6
Bond
1
The unbearable weight of my debt has driven me to desperation.
2
I’m duty-bound
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At will: detect magic
2/day each: create food and water, polymorph, remove curse
1/day: plane shift (self only)Younger than Skabatha and older than
within 10 feet of Bavlorna cause her to lapse into a fit of sneezing. See the stat block for more details.
Hourglass Coven
The Hourglass Coven is a group of three hags, each one bound to an aspect of
monsters
success.Bayou beasts are elemental spirits bound into great mounds of swamp plant matter through jinxcraft magic. These hulks obey their creators unfailingly, often lingering long after their death and
carrying out their final orders. The hexed seals, fashioned from carved trinkets and masks, that trap the spirit in its form impart their curse on the creature’s enemies.
Secret. The jinxcraft seals can be washed away with alcohol, hindering and even destroying the bayou beast.PoisonFire
Kenku
Legacy
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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
enact it. Enraged, the entity imposed three dreadful curses upon them. First, the kenku’s beloved wings withered and fell away from their bodies, leaving them bound to the earth. Second, because
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
into a hexblood, now free of the curse.
5 You began life as a fey creature, but an accident changed you and forced you from your home.
6 A slighted druid transformed you and bound you to live only so long as a sacred tree bears fruit.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
into a hexblood, now free of the curse.
5 You began life as a fey creature, but an accident changed you and forced you from your home.
6 A slighted druid transformed you and bound you to live only so long as a sacred tree bears fruit.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
hands into magic weapons that deal slashing damage, with a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls and a damage die of 1d8.
Curse. Once you don this cursed armor, you can’t doff it unless you are
targeted by the remove curse spell or similar magic. While wearing the armor, you have disadvantage on attack rolls against demons and on saving throws against their spells and special abilities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
hands into magic weapons that deal slashing damage, with a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls and a damage die of 1d8.
Curse. Once you don this cursed armor, you can’t doff it unless you are
targeted by the remove curse spell or similar magic. While wearing the armor, you have disadvantage on attack rolls against demons and on saving throws against their spells and special abilities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
might give the haunted item the characteristics of a sentient magic item. The most certain way to end a haunting is to complete the unfinished business that keeps a spirit bound to the mortal world. In
forming a set
6 Destroy the ghost’s killer: a dragon who is an echo of the hoard’s owner on another world
A Dragon’s Curse A dragon’s violent death sometimes causes a hoard to carry a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
might give the haunted item the characteristics of a sentient magic item. The most certain way to end a haunting is to complete the unfinished business that keeps a spirit bound to the mortal world. In
forming a set
6 Destroy the ghost’s killer: a dragon who is an echo of the hoard’s owner on another world
A Dragon’s Curse A dragon’s violent death sometimes causes a hoard to carry a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the victim of a night hag’s curse. Olga Drebas A Soul Coin Carrying Soul Coins. Anyone holding a Soul Coin feels the soul bound within it—overcome with rage, fraught with despair, or whatever emotion
mote of the Dragon Queen’s power. Carrying and exchanging talons bear unpleasant consequences: Curse. A creature that carries any number of talons is cursed. While cursed in this way, the creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the victim of a night hag’s curse. Olga Drebas A Soul Coin Carrying Soul Coins. Anyone holding a Soul Coin feels the soul bound within it—overcome with rage, fraught with despair, or whatever emotion
mote of the Dragon Queen’s power. Carrying and exchanging talons bear unpleasant consequences: Curse. A creature that carries any number of talons is cursed. While cursed in this way, the creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
civilizations are bound to this wondrous site. Journeys through the Radiant Citadel is an anthology of exciting adventures that explore the cultures and myths of these realms. The adventures in Journeys
night markets to undersea cities, from curse-afflicted villages to angel-ruled city-states, these adventures provide a pathway to never-before-seen lands and stories. The gates of the Radiant Citadel stand open, and a rich tapestry of stories is yours to explore.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
civilizations are bound to this wondrous site. Journeys through the Radiant Citadel is an anthology of exciting adventures that explore the cultures and myths of these realms. The adventures in Journeys
night markets to undersea cities, from curse-afflicted villages to angel-ruled city-states, these adventures provide a pathway to never-before-seen lands and stories. The gates of the Radiant Citadel stand open, and a rich tapestry of stories is yours to explore.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
defaulting on a deal, while another might be the victim of a night hag’s curse. Carrying Soul Coins. To hold a soul coin is to feel the soul bound within it — overcome with rage or fraught with despair. An
in life, but it must answer you truthfully and to the best of its ability. The answer is no more than a sentence or two and might be cryptic. Freeing a Soul. Casting a spell that removes a curse on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
An Ancient Curse The kenku once served a mysterious, powerful entity on another plane of existence. Some believe they were minions of Grazz’t, while others say that they were scouts and explorers for
kenku’s beloved wings withered and fell away from their bodies, leaving them bound to the earth. Second, because their ingenuity and skill had turned toward scheming against their patron, the spark of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
An Ancient Curse The kenku once served a mysterious, powerful entity on another plane of existence. Some believe they were minions of Grazz’t, while others say that they were scouts and explorers for
kenku’s beloved wings withered and fell away from their bodies, leaving them bound to the earth. Second, because their ingenuity and skill had turned toward scheming against their patron, the spark of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
defaulting on a deal, while another might be the victim of a night hag’s curse. Carrying Soul Coins. To hold a soul coin is to feel the soul bound within it — overcome with rage or fraught with despair. An
in life, but it must answer you truthfully and to the best of its ability. The answer is no more than a sentence or two and might be cryptic. Freeing a Soul. Casting a spell that removes a curse on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
into destitution. A Curse on the Land Downtrodden and impoverished, the citizens of Bakar revolted against Amun Sa to take back their kingdom. During a riot at the capital, Amun Sa appeared before his
Curse on the Pharaoh After his death, Amun Sa’s spirit began its journey to the afterlife, but he was stopped by a god of death. The disapproving god chastised the pharaoh’s spirit: “Your legacy was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
by the banshee’s curse experience no gladness, feeling only distress in the presence of the living. As the curse takes its toll, their minds and bodies decay, until death completes their
transformation into undead monsters. Sorrow Bound. A banshee becomes forever bound to the place of its demise, unable to venture more than five miles from there. It is forced to relive every moment of its life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
by the banshee’s curse experience no gladness, feeling only distress in the presence of the living. As the curse takes its toll, their minds and bodies decay, until death completes their
transformation into undead monsters. Sorrow Bound. A banshee becomes forever bound to the place of its demise, unable to venture more than five miles from there. It is forced to relive every moment of its life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
into destitution. A Curse on the Land Downtrodden and impoverished, the citizens of Bakar revolted against Amun Sa to take back their kingdom. During a riot at the capital, Amun Sa appeared before his
Curse on the Pharaoh After his death, Amun Sa’s spirit began its journey to the afterlife, but he was stopped by a god of death. The disapproving god chastised the pharaoh’s spirit: “Your legacy was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
sense intruders approaching. If an intellect devourer’s host is killed, it tries to find another. Shunn Shurreth. A drow priestess of Lolth placed a curse on Shunn and forced him into exile after he
displeased her. The curse partially transformed him into a spider, giving him eight red arachnid eyes, a mouth full of fangs, and black bristles sprouting from his slender limbs. A remove curse or greater
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
sense intruders approaching. If an intellect devourer’s host is killed, it tries to find another. Shunn Shurreth. A drow priestess of Lolth placed a curse on Shunn and forced him into exile after he
displeased her. The curse partially transformed him into a spider, giving him eight red arachnid eyes, a mouth full of fangs, and black bristles sprouting from his slender limbs. A remove curse or greater
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
the nature of the Weave. The wizards gave the golem a sapphire heart and magically bound a sliver from the gem to the right palm of its master, Hamukai. They charged the young wizard-prince of the
that could be opened only by the sapphire’s power. Too weak to continue the fight, Zikzokrishka limped away to heal her wounds. But as she left, she incanted a powerful Netherese curse: when the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
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
Bonus +4
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
the nature of the Weave. The wizards gave the golem a sapphire heart and magically bound a sliver from the gem to the right palm of its master, Hamukai. They charged the young wizard-prince of the
that could be opened only by the sapphire’s power. Too weak to continue the fight, Zikzokrishka limped away to heal her wounds. But as she left, she incanted a powerful Netherese curse: when the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
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
Bonus +4
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Sovereigns bound the fiendish overlords and freed the world from chaos. The mighty giants had fought alongside the Sovereigns, and in gratitude Aureon granted them dominion over the continent of Xen’drik
vast cities and leveled the towers. Cul’sir was slain and his people scattered. The Sovereigns and Six each laid a curse upon the land. Aureon decreed that the creatures of Xen’drik would have no