curse relies groups to have require

Bestow Curse

Spells Player’s Handbook

You touch a creature, which must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or become cursed for the duration. Until the curse ends, the target suffers one of the following effects of your choice: Choose

spell doesn’t require Concentration, and the duration becomes 8 hours (level 5–6 slot) or 24 hours (level 7–8 slot). If you use a level 9 spell slot, the spell lasts until dispelled.

Arch-hag

Monsters Monster Manual

Escape"} days. When the hag teleports away, each creature within 60 feet of the space it left is cursed. Until the curse ends, a creature has Disadvantage on ability checks and saving throws, and the

hag’s next turn. The target can’t take Reactions until the curse ends. Spellcasting. The hag casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the

Voidwalker Armor

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

. The projection disappears at the end of your turn. Once you use this bonus action, it can’t be used again until the next dawn. Curse. This armor is cursed, and attuning to it extends the

curse to you. As long as you remain cursed, you’re unwilling to part with the armor. Taking it off fails to end the curse. While cursed in this way, you feel disconnected from your body

Clapperclaw the Scarecrow

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Unusual Nature. Clapperclaw doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claws"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one

knows it can be off-putting to strangers, and it relies on humor to defuse tension. Alignment. Lawful neutral. Personality Trait. “I’m generally positive, and I make jokes when I’m

Alseid

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

daily interplay of wild animals, or other cosmic forces. Occasionally, though, groups of the same kind of nymphs congregate in a place of natural power or beauty. In times of special need, deities tied to

facets of nature might employ nymphs as messengers, guardians, or scouts. Immortal Nature. A nymph doesn't require food, drink, or sleep. PoisonRadiant

Lampad

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

mind the cycles of nature, the daily interplay of wild animals, or other cosmic forces. Occasionally, though, groups of the same kind of nymphs congregate in a place of natural power or beauty. In times

of special need, deities tied to facets of nature might employ nymphs as messengers, guardians, or scouts. Immortal Nature. A nymph doesn't require food, drink, or sleep. PoisonNecrotic

Wersten Kern

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

success, Wersten drops to 1 hit point instead. Unusual Nature. Wersten doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. Wersten makes three Banner Pike attacks and uses Terrifying

","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the target is a Humanoid, it must succeed on a DC 16 Charisma saving throw or be cursed. The curse lasts until it is lifted by remove curse or similar magic

Boss Augustus

Monsters The Book of Many Things

cursed with lycanthropy. While cursed in this way, the target retains its alignment, languages, and equipment but otherwise uses the werewolf stat block, excluding actions that require equipment the

target doesn’t have. During any night when there’s a full moon in the sky, the target becomes an NPC under the DM’s control and remains so until the night ends. A Remove Curse spell

Wereraven

Monsters Curse of Strahd

light weapons. They are reluctant to make bite attacks in raven form for fear of spreading their curse to those who don’t deserve it or who would abuse it. A Kindness of Wereravens. Wereravens

refer to their tightly knit groups as kindnesses. A kindness of wereravens usually numbers between seven and twelve individuals. Not surprisingly, wereravens get along well with ravens and often hide

Oread

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

volcanoes, where they caper among the forces of dissolution and rebirth. During avalanches and volcanic eruptions, groups of oreads might race ahead of the destruction, dancing, singing, and doing what

mind the cycles of nature, the daily interplay of wild animals, or other cosmic forces. Occasionally, though, groups of the same kind of nymphs congregate in a place of natural power or beauty. In

Allip

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

":"Incorporeal Movement", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage if it ends its turn inside an object. Unusual Nature. The allip doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Maddening Touch. Melee Spell

allip’s choice that the allip can see. Constructs and Undead are immune to this effect.When a creature uncovers a secret that a powerful being has protected with a mighty curse, the result is often

Skeletal Knight

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

critical hit. On a success, the skeletal knight drops to 1 hit point instead. Unusual Nature. The skeletal knight doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The skeletal knight makes

free to pursue its own ends. Skeletal knights are relentless in battle and difficult to destroy. They cling to the sins that curse them, and they fight until their skulls are reduced to shards. Their

Boss Delour

Monsters The Book of Many Things

but otherwise uses the wererat stat block, excluding actions that require equipment the target doesn’t have. During any night when there’s a full moon in the sky, the target becomes an NPC

under the DM’s control and remains so until the night ends. A Remove Curse spell or similar magic ends this curse. Shortsword (Humanoid or Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +8

Ghost Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

instead. Unusual Nature. The ghost dragon doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The ghost dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +11

incorporeal version of the original dragon. Though its breath weapon resembles ghostly flames, lightning, or acid, it carries an otherworldly curse. The breath’s shadowy mist can induce waking nightmares.Acid, Cold, Necrotic, PoisonBludgeoning, Piercing, Slashing

Naiad

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

interplay of wild animals, or other cosmic forces. Occasionally, though, groups of the same kind of nymphs congregate in a place of natural power or beauty. In times of special need, deities tied to

facets of nature might employ nymphs as messengers, guardians, or scouts. Immortal Nature. A nymph doesn’t require food, drink, or sleep. PoisonPsychic

Skull Lord

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

":"Master of the Grave"} hit points whenever it starts its turn there. Unusual Nature. The skull lord doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The skull lord makes three Bone Staff or

of events, Vecna’s warlords turned against each other, and his plans were dashed. In a rage, Vecna gathered up his generals and captains and bound them in groups of three, fusing them into

Scissors of Shadow Snipping

Magic Items The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

vertical surfaces), provided it remains within your sight at all times. The shadow is harmless and unable to be harmed, and it is invisible in darkness. It can’t speak, and it doesn’t require

consciousness and all its Strength after finishing a short or long rest. A creature whose shadow has detached from it is cursed. If a shadowless creature is subjected to any spell that ends a curse, or if

Faction Agent

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

, and their members operate anywhere the organization deems necessary. These groups employ listeners, rumormongers, smugglers, sellswords, cache-holders (people who guard caches of wealth or magic for

operated openly or secretly, depending on the faction and its goals, as well as how those goals mesh with your own. Becoming an adventurer doesn’t necessarily require you to relinquish membership

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

require some sort of blood sacrifice, and their effects are usually transformative. For example, some Black Raven shamans know a ritual that allows them to hatch giant ravens from normal raven eggs, and

Aurnozci

Monsters The Book of Many Things

that’s both its fiefdom and its prison. It lairs within a grotesque hive dangling from a mountain-size tree of tar and flame called Gorewood. Aurnozci relies on demonic proxies and mortal

worshipers to enact its will beyond the Abyss. The exact nature of the curse that binds Aurnozci to Xulregg is its cult’s most closely guarded secret, fully known only to the faith’s enigmatic

Elder Brain Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

dragon doesn’t require air or sleep.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack, two Claw attacks, and one Tentacle attack. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +15;{"diceNotation":"1d20+15","rollType":"to

the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself after it succeeds on three of these saves. If the creature is targeted by magic that ends a curse or restores 40 hit points or more, the

Bestow Curse Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You touch a creature, and that creature must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or become cursed for the duration of the spell. When you cast this spell, choose the nature of the curse from the

, your attacks and spells deal an extra 1d8 necrotic damage to the target. A remove curse spell ends this effect. At the DM's option, you may choose an alternative curse effect, but it should

Amnesiac

backgrounds

injury, some traumatic experience, or the magical workings of a spell or curse could be the culprit behind your amnesia. Feat: Memory Starved Skill Proficiencies: Choose two (see Scattered

relies on the proficiency, or slowly emerge as you struggle to solve a problem. Once you choose one of these features, you can’t choose another one until you gain a level. The GM might rule that you

Greater Crawling One

monsters

Curse, Delayed Blast Fireball, Finger of Death, Forcecage, TeleportLegendary Action Uses: 1. Immediately after another creature’s turn, the greater crawling one can expend a use to take one of the

, the crawling one fades into the background and waits for the opportunity to rise again. Even when seemingly destroyed by adventurers, it relies on its ability to reform its body to outlast its enemies.Poison

Lesser Crawling One

monsters

ability (spell save DC 14): At Will: Darkness, Hold Person, Invisibility, Magic Missile, Ray of Sickness 1/day: Bestow Curse, Dispel Magic, Fear, ShatterLegendary Action Uses: 1. Immediately after

secret conspiracy with but a few of its closest followers. If the cult faces defeat, the crawling one fades into the background and waits for the opportunity to rise again. Even when seemingly destroyed by adventurers, it relies on its ability to reform its body to outlast its enemies.Poison

Demilich (Variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

with the greater restoration spell or similar magic. Vile Curse (Costs 3 Actions). The demilich targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving

throw or be magically cursed. Until the curse ends, the target has disadvantage on attack rolls and saving throws. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the

Cleric Legacy

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

spells relies on devotion and an intuitive sense of a deity’s wishes. Clerics combine the helpful magic of healing and inspiring their allies with spells that harm and hinder foes. They can

Kenku Legacy

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

groups called flocks. A flock is led by the oldest and most experienced kenku with the widest store of knowledge to draw on, often called Master. Although kenku can’t create new things, they have

Ysondkhelir, the Motley Man

monsters

, Mage Armor (included in AC) 1/Day Each: Arcane Hand, Detect Thoughts, Dream, Eyebite, Hypnotic Pattern, Fly, Mirror Image, Outcast's Curse, SuggestionLegendary Action Uses: 3. Immediately after

spell’s duration becomes 10 days, and the spell doesn’t require Concentration. Ysondkhelir must visit Dorianna’s dreams before he can cast Arcane Hand in this way again. For

Shard Rumors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

Shard Rumors Some of this adventure’s impact relies on the misunderstood nature of the shard of Xeluan. No one remembers Xeluan’s sacrifice or knows the shard is a fragment of his petrified heart

bathed their camp, and all but one bandit disappeared. 4 A knight tried to destroy the shard, but the shard’s curse petrified her.

Shard Rumors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

Shard Rumors Some of this adventure’s impact relies on the misunderstood nature of the shard of Xeluan. No one remembers Xeluan’s sacrifice or knows the shard is a fragment of his petrified heart

bathed their camp, and all but one bandit disappeared. 4 A knight tried to destroy the shard, but the shard’s curse petrified her.

Broken Vow

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

character gains 3 levels of exhaustion that can’t be removed until the curse ends. Resolution. The curse lasts until the character upholds the broken oath. That might require the character to wait until the circumstances arise again or, more questionably, to engineer the circumstances.

Broken Vow

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

character gains 3 levels of exhaustion that can’t be removed until the curse ends. Resolution. The curse lasts until the character upholds the broken oath. That might require the character to wait until the circumstances arise again or, more questionably, to engineer the circumstances.

Appendix B: Council Scorecard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

Appendix B: Council Scorecard In the course of Tyranny of Dragons, several factions and powerful individuals might be compelled to oppose the machinations of the Cult of the Dragon. Some groups

eagerly lend their assistance. Others require more convincing. This scorecard helps track various factions’ support for the struggle against the Cult of the Dragon. If you didn’t play Hoard of the Dragon

Appendix B: Council Scorecard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

Appendix B: Council Scorecard In the course of Tyranny of Dragons, several factions and powerful individuals might be compelled to oppose the machinations of the Cult of the Dragon. Some groups

eagerly lend their assistance. Others require more convincing. This scorecard helps track various factions’ support for the struggle against the Cult of the Dragon. If you didn’t play Hoard of the Dragon

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