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Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage.
Abyssal Curse. The vargouille targets one Humanoid within 5 feet of itself that has the incapacitated
can’t increase. The curse doesn’t advance while the target is in sunlight or the area of a daylight spell. When the cursed target’s Charisma becomes 2, the target dies, and its head
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
undo what she thought was a terrible curse: wherever Jingle Jangle went, she felt a tormenting fear of being caught on the wrong side of a locked door. When she appealed to Bavlorna for aid, the hag
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
Tatyana's death and Strahd's curse. The ageless Patrina returned to Ravenloft in the hope of winning Strahd's love. This time, it was clear that Patrina craved Strahd's power and that Strahd would
never love her. Rahadin assumed that Patrina would suffer the same fate as those women who had come before her. He was proven wrong when Patrina's own people stoned her to death to keep Strahd from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
6. Reflections This swampy cavern has a 50-foot-high ceiling of jagged rock. Rising from the mire is an island of dry rock, upon which are the following features: Ruins and Statue. Amid the ruins of
. Until the curse is ended with a remove curse spell or similar magic, the character is beset by nightmares and gains no benefit from a long rest.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Vargouille Reflection Vargouilles are flying Fiends that resemble disembodied Humanoid heads with wings. While most vargouilles roam the planes to curse Humanoids and create more vargouilles, a
) psychic damage.
Abyssal Curse. The vargouille targets one Humanoid within 5 feet of itself that has the incapacitated condition. The target must succeed on a DC 12 Charisma saving throw or become
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
form and related powers through their deeds or a curse. Maybe they even gained supernatural abilities via a pact with the Dark Powers or upon arriving in their domain. Consider whether or not your
, in the mouths of serpents, or on metallic cables.
4 The Darklord’s most painful memories visually repeat in reflections around them or amid illusory projections.
5 The Darklord gains an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
know why they’re being punished and be able to learn how to end their curse, likely by symbolically righting the wrong they committed. How a spell like Remove Curse affects a curse that’s part of your
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
discussed in this section. A creature affected by such a curse should know why they’re being punished and be able to learn how to end their curse, likely by symbolically righting the wrong they
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->One-Shot Wonders: Holiday Adventure Pack
hail and raised voices outside, and you know something is wrong. After you finish dressing, but before you can get downstairs, the floorboards creak outside your room and there are three timid knocks at
Morrig is overrun. Known to be adventurers, the party are hired to end the curse of Sifter Castle once and for all; they must save Winterfest before it’s too late.
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
, Professor DeSantos is concerned by the sudden influx of patients but can’t find anything wrong with them. She insists they rest in the sickroom until they feel better. Ten minutes later, these six
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
on the brink of death. A mysterious voice offers to save the character’s life, but only if they accept its Dark Gift. An experiment or magical accident goes wrong. The DM allows a character to accept
a Dark Gift or some other peril as a result. A character breaks a vow or suffers a curse (see chapter 4), gaining a Dark Gift as a result. A character touches a mysterious amber sarcophagus, and a force within entreats them to accept its influence in the form of a Dark Gift.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
blessings Hulgaz might bestow. Unlike most blessings, infernal blessings impose both desirable and detrimental effects on the user. Casting the Remove Curse spell on the subject of an infernal blessing ends
Intelligence score increases by 2, to a maximum of 22. Consequence. The character’s intellect rubs old friends the wrong way. Three NPCs of the DM’s choice become indifferent or hostile toward the character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. Having sensed that something is wrong with her beloved patron, Kettlesteam has come to the carnival seeking answers. The carnival owners refuse to speak to her—and until they come clean, she is
these thieves. Some characters might catch glimpses of these spooky figures as reflections in mirrors, shadows in doorways, or out-of-place figures standing motionless in the moving crowd. Use these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
curse. He might offer them riches, magic items, or favors. He explains that wishes can go wrong; by trading their wish for concrete benefits, the character can let him shoulder the risk. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
dragon hunting.
The Medusa’s Curse. To seed the world with knowledge, Pharika gathered her medusa children and granted a hundred secrets to each, bidding them to hide their revelations throughout the
mortal realm. Selfishly, the medusas each kept secrets for themselves, using these as currency to bargain with mortals. Angered that her children would hoard any of her secrets, Pharika cursed them, so that they could never after behold their own reflections without risking death.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
A loved one is cursed, and you’re determined to break that curse. Puzzle You live for the pursuit of arcane secrets and lost legends. Rogue Someone you trust is actually a monster, such as a dragon or
. Talons You seek to reclaim a stolen magical artifact. Throne You began your arcane scholarship as an apprentice to a court magician. Void You’ve glimpsed another plane of existence, but no one believes you. You strive to prove them wrong.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
what Bavlorna did was wrong, but he can’t seem to get worked up about it. He suspects the hag is keeping his heart as a trophy. Unbeknownst to Octavian, Bavlorna is using his heart to keep her meat
them his pipes of haunting. While Octavian and his true heart are within 5 feet of one another, any spell that ends a curse can swap the goat’s heart in Octavian’s chest with his still-beating true
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
shouts for them to halt and Bulkar asks, “How many eyes does Xanathar have?” The correct reply is, “As many as there are stars in the sky.” If anyone gives them the wrong pass phrase, the bugbears
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
tiefling wizard’s familiar, transformed by an irate archmage in return for some petty insult. The hobgoblin paladin might have been human once, but crossed the wrong hag and was cursed to take on an evil
to the campaign. Monstrous Origin d8 Origin 1 You are a spy sent to undermine your enemies from within. 2 You are the victim of a curse or polymorph spell. 3 You were raised by humans, elves, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
and suffering? The Blood of Vol teaches that we all have the potential to become divine beings—and that death is a curse, designed to kill you before you can unlock the divinity within you. The Blood
study the secrets of blood and life, and because they believe that death is the end, they see nothing wrong with using the bodies of the fallen to serve the living. Seekers of the Divinity Within (as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
creature’s next turn. 86–90 In this region, circular things (such as buttons, crystal balls, the sun, and so on) seem appallingly wrong. One random creature that starts its turn in this region must
reflections. Creatures, objects, and energy reflect, refract, duplicate, or are transported elsewhere. Such locations arise from the intrusion of a theorized Plane of Mirrors upon the Material Plane, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
her people were living among the Vistani when they heard of Tatyana’s death and Strahd’s curse. The ageless Patrina returned to Ravenloft in the hope of winning Strahd’s love. This time, it was clear
that Patrina craved Strahd’s power and that Strahd would never love her. Rahadin assumed that Patrina would suffer the same fate as those women who had come before her. He was proven wrong when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
party’s stay in the city. Holding it for later use gives characters a chance to notice the little things wrong among the duergar, while using it right away can help characters avoid being enslaved if they
connects with a duergar soldier, whose broken body flies through the air and crashes near you with a sickening crunch.
A stone giant from Cairngorm Cavern has succumbed to a demonic curse that has caused
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
aberrant dragonmarks in the desperate hope of preventing another War of the Mark. 2 The villain is suffering under a terrible curse, and their increasingly serious crimes are an effort to fight off the curse
their scams, but leaves behind no proof of any crime. 2 A cowardly politician fleeces the poor of their last few coins without technically doing anything wrong. 3 A righteous zealot is continually
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
questions.
Did you leave your clan’s caravan? If so, are you seeking to right a wrong done to them, or to spare them from harm? If not, how do you balance your adventures with your family’s travels
Vistani. However, Madame Eva and her followers occasionally ally with the infamous count, giving them a sinister reputation. Madame Eva and her unique band of Vistani are detailed in the adventure Curse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
what she thought was a terrible curse: wherever Jingle Jangle went, she felt a tormenting fear of being caught on the wrong side of a locked door. When she appealed to Bavlorna for aid, the hag
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
objects and can’t be broken. Reflections. Reflections in this room take on a life of their own, taunting the creatures who cast them. A creature that converses with its own reflection must succeed on a
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
doesn’t require air, food, or water. Items worn or carried by the creature are unaffected. A wish spell can end the curse. The creature can end the curse on itself by giving a bouquet of eight black
roses to Iggwilv, but only Iggwilv and Iggrik (the quasit in area P51) know that the curse can be ended in this way. The black roses can be harvested from the rose garden (area P7). P34. Hall of
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
As a bonus action, you can choose one creature within 10 feet of you and know one secret about it, as determined by the DM.
The remove curse, lesser restoration, and greater restoration spells have no
. On a failure, you treat your allies as enemies and vice versa for 1 minute, attacking the wrong targets, betraying your companions in social situations, and so forth. You can repeat the saving throw
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
venture into the submerged hold. Fortunately for them, unless something goes wrong, there’s no significant time pressure on the characters as they swim around here. They can surface (at the hole in
heard moans begin to rise from the dead sailors all around us. What curse has she brought on us all?
Already I feel a creeping chill overtaking my body. I am securing her talisman with this book in my
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
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 was
neutral.
Personality Trait. “My scepter would have you believe it can do a better job than I can, but time and again, I prove it wrong.”
Ideal. “Chaos! I thrive in it.”
Bond. “The stage is my
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
. Chaotic neutral.
Personality Trait. “My scepter would have you believe it can do a better job than I can, but time and again, I prove it wrong.”
Ideal. “Chaos! I thrive in it.”
Bond. “The stage is my
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Months before Ythryn’s fall, a circle of mages known as the Telepathic Pentacle tried to fuse their minds together to become a conjoined telepathic force. The procedure went terribly wrong, and their
must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or become cursed. A creature cursed in this way is gripped by a sudden feeling of impending doom. Each of the five scripts imparts a different curse, which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
is marked by a pair of dashed lines.) This invisible bridge, which is safe to cross, is suppressed by the activation of the spindle in area Y19n. Y19j. Chamber of Sorcery Your reflections dance over
looking back at me.” Any magic that ends a curse can rid the character of this flaw. Wizards’ Chairs. Any character who succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence (Arcana) check recognizes that the symbols on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
correct order is the same as the runes’ order on the wall, from left to right: storm, death, light, and wind. If a creature taps the runes in the wrong order, the vault’s trap triggers, and the
character has vulnerability to psychic damage. The effect lasts until it is ended by a spell or magical effect that lifts a curse, such as greater restoration or remove curse. Treasure. A character who






