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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
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Every Moonblade longs for a bearer whose disposition and goals are compatible with its own. If you try to attune to a Moonblade that doesn’t want you as its bearer, the weapon not only
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
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
, “Into the Mists”, to understand his personality and goals.
Although Strahd can be encountered almost anywhere in his domain, the vampire is always encountered in the place indicated by the
curse spell cast on the target restores its natural shadow, but only if its undead shadow has been destroyed.
Necrotic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
spells
and saving throws.
Stage 3. The cursed creature forgets its closest companions, its own identity, and its goals. The curse fabricates delusions of a great conspiracy only the cursed creature can
save, the target takes 3d10 Force damage, has the Incapacitated condition until the end of its next turn, and is unaware it was targeted by a curse.
Initial Effect. On a failed save, the target takes
classes
Curse and Befuddle with Hag Magic
Hags dwell in the deep places of Etharis, from the primordial forests of Valika to the putrid streets of Liesech. These creatures, though rarely benevolent, are
willing to bargain with mortals in exchange for furthering their own capricious goals.
Warlocks often find themselves with a single Hag as a sponsor. Should this Hag have a coven, it can lead to the
Cleric
Legacy
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
his axe in wide swaths to cut through the ranks of orcs arrayed against him, shouting praise to the gods with every foe’s fall.
Calling down a curse upon the forces of undeath, a human lifts
because his or her god demands it. Pursuing the goals of the gods often involves braving dangers in unsettled lands, smiting evil, or seeking holy relics in ancient tombs. Many clerics are also
Tabaxi
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
instruments, tell stories, and offer exotic goods in trade for items that spark their interest. Tabaxi reluctantly accept gold, but they much prefer interesting objects or pieces of lore as payment.
These
tables to customize your character in addition to the trait, ideal, bond, and flaw from your background.
The Tabaxi Obsession table can help hone your character’s goals. For extra fun, roll a new
Sorcerer
Legacy
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
unleash its full potential. Whatever their goals, sorcerers are every bit as useful to an adventuring party as wizards, making up for a comparative lack of breadth in their magical knowledge with
;ll choose an origin that ties to a draconic bloodline or the influence of wild magic, but the exact source of your power is up to you to decide. Is it a family curse, passed down to you from distant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
island domain has its own values, goals, and feuds with other domains. The Lhazaar are the finest sailors in Khorvaire. During the Last War, they served all nations as privateers and engaged in piracy on
. Some principalities are devoted to the Blood of Vol and a few favor the Sovereign Host. Beyond these, the Lhazaar show little enthusiasm for religion, though many curse the Devourer when a storm comes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
and goals are compatible with its own. If you try to attune to a Moonblade that doesn’t want you as its bearer, the weapon not only rejects you but also places a curse on you, causing you to make D20
Tests with Disadvantage for 24 hours or until the curse is ended by a Remove Curse spell or similar magic. If you’re accepted by the weapon and try to attune to it, you become attuned to it instantly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Appendix B: Death House You can run Curse of Strahd for 1st-level characters with the help of this optional mini-adventure, which is designed to advance characters to 3rd level. Players creating 1st
block their path. LEVEL ADVANCEMENT
In this mini-adventure, the characters gain levels by accomplishing specific goals, rather than by slaying monsters. These milestones are as follows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
domain has its own traditions, values, and goals—and each has a long list of vendettas and feuds with other princes. Beyond this, anyone who can win the support of enough ships and people can claim a
princes have rejected his proposals for a greater union. There are principalities devoted to the Blood of Vol and a few that favor the Sovereign Host. Beyond this, the Lhazaar show little enthusiasm for religion, though many will curse the Devourer when a storm comes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
steps.
1. Identify the Party’s Goals
The Dungeon Goals table provides common goals that drive or lure adventurers into dungeons. The Wilderness Goals table provides similar inspiration
for an adventure focused on outdoor exploration. The Other Goals table suggests location-based adventures that don’t fit neatly into the first two categories. Dungeon Goals d20 Goal 1 Stop the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
indulge their fickle whims. These timeless schemers pursue the secrets of the multiverse and work strange magic in pursuit of their inscrutable goals. Arch-hags are unpredictable, self-interested, and
lightning, and mind-bending spells. An arch-hag can curse other magic-users, confounding the spellcasters’ incantations and forcing the spellcasters to say the opposite of what they mean. Even if an arch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
29. The Tomb of Pelota As you approach a bend in the passage, you see a series of faint line drawings on the walls depicting people playing a game that uses a ball and has goals on either end of the
Treasure. If any treasure is removed from the pit, a curse will fall upon its bearer 1 hour later. The victim must succeed on a DC 15 saving throw, or it has disadvantage on Strength and Dexterity ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
status, and they typically don’t set impossible goals — a lesser demon, for instance, might simply run amok when unleashed into the world, its only desire to spread chaos, but a marilith or other
powerful demon usually has an intent that goes beyond merely causing carnage, and a plan to achieve it. DEMONIC AMULETS: BLESSING AND CURSE
Some demon lords have a way of cheating death, but this great
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
characters might be tempted to visit the Palace of Heart’s Desire as well (see chapter 5), but they can avoid this location and still accomplish their goals. Setting the Stage After the players create their
remove curse spell is not powerful enough to end this effect on a character, but a wish spell can. This might not seem like much of a drawback, as characters can cope just fine without ever gaining
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
children until the hag’s sisters placed a curse on him that warmed his heart, changing his alignment from lawful evil to chaotic good. He now strives to help children escape from Skabatha’s clutches
. Skabatha assumes that Mugan simply left her employment; she is unaware of the curse her sisters placed on the oni and doesn’t know that Will of the Feywild is not a human boy. Appendix D has additional
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
down after the second warning, Rasqel orders the bugbears to attack while he hangs back. They obey reluctantly, but if it becomes clear that their lives are in danger at any point, or if the characters
web of misfortune. To avoid the curse of Beshaba (see below), the characters must not harm Carkuss, they must not be overly kind to him, and they must correctly answer a riddle he asks. If successful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
named Avarice—achieve her goals. Even though they find her demanding and difficult to live with, they dare not defy her. Levistus has warned the Knights of the Black Sword that duergar are plotting
his older brother, Durth (see chapter 2). Once the cultists are told that the characters’ goals align with theirs, they will do everything in their power to make the characters feel safe and happy
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->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
bronze dragon who protects a coastal nation is stricken by a curse, and the cure lies in a sunken temple the dragon destroyed generations ago.
6 Believing that the winner of a city’s democratic
reluctantly continues to protect the vampire, all the while searching for a way to reverse the transformation.
5 An adult bronze dragon sends regular tributes of treasure to an adult topaz dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
this individual is and why she appears in the deck, speculating that perhaps Euryale is a fearsome demigod or the wielder of a destructive curse. But the truth is simple: the Deck of Many Things was
change them again.” Swayed by Asteria’s conviction, Istus reluctantly admitted that Asteria’s and Euryale’s fates could be rewritten, but the consequences of such an action were impossible to predict. Both
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
the goals of your franchise. But at the same time, you understand that the greatest thing about the gods is their prolificacy. With so many deities in so many pantheons, all of them have their own
creatures, the changing weather, the shapes of buildings, other stuff.
3 In secret, you curse the burden your deity has placed on you.
4 You wonder often if you’re worthy of your deity’s gifts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
finishing a long rest, a corrupted creature can make a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a successful save, the corruption effect ends. A dispel evil and good spell or any magic that removes a curse also ends
alignment. Abyssal Corruption d10 Result 1–4 Treachery. The character gains the following flaw: “I can only achieve my goals by making sure that my companions don’t achieve theirs.” 5–7 Bloodlust
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
more. If Yek orders the goblins into battle, they fight reluctantly. If half are killed or incapacitated, the rest flee. The goblins also run away if Yek is slain. Yek wears a gold circlet (see
Yek’s “curse” by stealing the circlet that has transformed the goblin boss into a human. They don’t have a plan for doing so and are hoping the characters can devise one. The toadies can get all the other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
quaggoth form by a curse. He claims to be Prince Derendil of the kingdom of Nelrindenvane in the High Forest. His crown was usurped by the evil wizard Terrestor, who trapped him in this form and exiled him
most useless to their immediate goals. The kuo-toa hermit is a complete pacifist. He doesn’t fight or cause harm to any other creature, even refusing to defend himself or others. He gladly accompanies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon’s lair left behind a curse, a trap, or a lingering spirit that clever characters can turn against the dragon.
8 The dragon’s lair is almost impossible to navigate without access to one or more
the lair and claiming that the dragon is away.
16 The dragon’s only goal is to learn a key piece of information about the characters’ larger goals and then escape.
17 The dragon enjoys
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
chapter have goals beyond helping the characters survive. Helping guides fulfill their personal goals increases their loyalty.
A particularly loyal guide (loyalty score of 10 or higher) will follow
the naga if they’re looking for guidance. Azaka stands 6 feet tall and weighs about 150 pounds. She will not willingly spread her lycanthropic curse. She is also afraid of heights and will not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
— and she wants nothing to do with it. Minghee wants to travel, see the world, and make a name for herself, settling down only when she’s ready. She works at the coster reluctantly, and tells anyone
. Development. Sildar is a member of the Lords’ Alliance, a group of allied leaders concerned with the security and prosperity of the North. As such, his goals are to bring stability and wealth to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
melee attack.
Howling Hatred Initiate Howling Hatred initiates are attracted by the cult’s philosophy of non-attachment and the rejection of material things, unaware of the cult’s true nature. The
Kalinoth arose as the chosen prophet of air, Thurl reluctantly pledged the Feathergale Knights to the cause. He resents Aerisi Kalinoth’s rulership of the cult, but tells himself that he can use her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
, Thaxalia’s hatred for the Red Wizards inspires the beholder to question the characters’ purpose in the dungeon. If they reveal their goals, the beholder suggests an alliance, extolling its plans for revenge
. Fearing Thaxalia’s ability to wreak havoc if it escapes this zone, the Red Wizards cursed the beholder with the inability to use glyph keys. Thaxalia doesn’t know the solution, but a remove curse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
understand his personality and goals. Although Strahd can be encountered almost anywhere in his domain, the vampire is always encountered in the place indicated by the card reading in chapter 1, unless
and becomes a shadow that obeys Strahd’s commands, acting on initiative count 20. A greater restoration spell or a remove curse spell cast on the target restores its natural shadow, but only if its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
, or another heavenly entity. Or you might call on numerous such beings as you pursue goals aligned with theirs. Your pact allows you to experience a hint of the holy light that illuminates the
Pact Magic spell slot (no action required) to restore your use of it. Level 10: Eldritch Hex Your alien patron grants you a powerful curse. You always have the Hex spell prepared. When you cast Hex
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
apparitions that curse him, but their presence still unnerves him.
Alignment. Neutral.
Personality Trait. “I speak in a trembling voice and jump at the slightest shadow.”
Ideal. “I seek atonement. I
stasis and her enemies fed their comeuppance. He helps anyone whose goals align with his own, but he abhors violence and shuns combat.
Alignment. Neutral.
Personality Trait. “I crave secrets.”
Ideal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
followers with supernatural powers or wealth, but it’s equally likely to curse its faithful with hideous torments and afflictions. A subterranean hunter who whispers Ghaunadaur’s name might stumble
. Eilistraee is a god of moonlight, song, dance, and, most important, the rejection of the evil ways of Lolth. Drow who feel like outsiders in their society, who react with disgust to the evils perpetrated by