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and Good is cast on its corpse. If it revives, it animates a Humanoid corpse elsewhere on the same plane of existence; it now looks different but uses the same stat block and returns with all its Hit
automatically. If the Frightened target is cursed by the revenant (see Vow of Revenge), the target also has the Paralyzed condition for the duration.PoisonNecrotic, PsychicVow of Revenge (1/Day). The revenant
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kills a Humanoid with its Life Drain action, the wight transforms into an independent Jiangshi 5 days later.When a soul becomes trapped within its corpse, its bitterness can reanimate its body
, creating a jiangshi. These vengeful dead stalk their descendants, sowing terror and taking retribution for the slights or neglected burial rites that led to their cursed resurrections. Rigor mortis
Jiangshi
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
jiangshi’s choice). It reverts to its true form if it dies.When a soul becomes trapped within its corpse, its bitterness can reanimate its body, creating a jiangshi. These vengeful dead stalk
their descendants and the communities they knew in life, sowing terror and taking retribution for the slights or neglected burial rites that led to their cursed resurrections. Rigor mortis notoriously
Lord Soth
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Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Medium or smaller Humanoid killed by this damage, as well as every corpse of such a creature within the sphere, becomes a skeleton (see the Monster Manual) under Soth’s control. The skeleton
but then rose from the ashes as an Undead horror. In his cursed castle, Dargaard Keep, Soth long ignored the ruined world, but the Dragon Queen’s summons has called his evil forth once more
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
escape from the corpse by using 15 feet of movement, exiting prone.Tromokratis can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and
hero Humenades used in ancient times to summon Tromokratis to lay waste to a cursed city lost to evil ways. The horn was so powerful that, after the city was destroyed, Humenades took it to Tizerus and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Hit Points and doesn’t regenerate.
Undead Restoration. If the revenant dies, it revives 24 hours later in a different body unless Dispel Evil and Good is cast on its corpse. If it revives, it animates
a Humanoid corpse elsewhere on the same plane of existence; it now looks different but uses the same stat block and returns with all its Hit Points.
Actions
Multiattack. The revenant uses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
), his own corpse below deck (area D17), or the hellfire orb mounted on the mainmast (area D4). The death knight has Wisdom (Perception) modifier of +3 and a passive Wisdom (Perception) of 13. The death
area D17 for further information on this cursed creature). DREADNAUGHT FEATURES
The death knight-dreadnaught is a galleon crafted from humanoid bones bound together by plates of iron and necromantic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
), his own corpse below deck (area D17), or the hellfire orb mounted on the mainmast (area D3). The death knight has Wisdom (Perception) modifier of +3 and a passive Wisdom (Perception) of 13
throughout the vessel’s interior, imposing disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Unholy Presence. The dreadnaught is imbued with the cursed soul of a death knight. All undead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Plane to her inscrutable ends. Hexblade. What a cool name! So is your sword evil or cursed or something? But you’re evil, right? … Okay, now I don’t like the name. Names aren’t cool if they don’t make
cursed for 1 minute. The curse ends early if the target dies, you die, or you are incapacitated. Until the curse ends, you gain the following benefits: You gain a bonus to damage rolls against the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
cursed immortality that binds their minds and spirits within a desiccated corpse. Freed from mortal concerns, these mummy lords pursue their obsessions across ages. Most mummy lords linger amid the ruins
heart embodies the pact that grants it immortality. Rather than bearing its heart within its corpse, a mummy lord removes and hides this accursed organ. As long as its heart isn’t destroyed by fire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
destroyed permanently only by casting Remove Curse on its corpse. Cursed Magic Items Cursed magic items are created deliberately or originate as the result of supernatural events. Such items are
, while one that lasts until dispelled equates to a level 9 spell. Cursed Creatures Some monsters are associated with curses, whether as part of their origins or due to their ability to spread curses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Cadaver collector
Hellfire engine
Iron cobra
Marut
Oaken bolter
Retriever
Sacred statue
Steel predator
Stone cursed
Stone defender
Elementals Air elemental myrmidon
Earth
oblex
Oblex spawn
Plants Corpse flower
Undead Allip
Boneclaw
Deathlock
Deathlock mastermind
Deathlock wight
Eidolon
Nightwalker
Skull lord
Sword wraith commander
Sword wraith warrior
Vampiric mist
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
example, you might decide that a mummy was created through a curse and it can be destroyed permanently only by casting Remove Curse on its corpse. Cursed Magic Items Cursed magic items are created
other curses. A curse that lasts for 1 minute equates to a level 3 spell, while one that lasts until dispelled equates to a level 9 spell. Cursed Creatures Some monsters are associated with curses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Jiangshi Vindictive, Vitality-Sapping Corpse Habitat: Any; Treasure: Relics When a soul becomes trapped within its corpse, its bitterness can reanimate its body, creating a jiangshi. These vengeful
dead stalk their descendants, sowing terror and taking retribution for the slights or neglected burial rites that led to their cursed resurrections. Rigor mortis notoriously afflicts the limbs of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
ambushes and deceptions. Once again exploiting Ramya’s sympathies, the pair tricked Ramya, invaded the Cerulean Citadel, and executed their sister by strangling. With her final gasps, Ramya cursed her
the dead and called on those who had fallen in her service. Loyal in death, a corpse legion joined the revitalized maharani, besieged the Cerulean Citadel, and slaughtered Arijani and Reeva. Ramya
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
19. Gravity Ring At a four-way intersection, the corridors to north and south curve upward and out of sight, but with no rails or steps to allow them to be climbed. The corpse of a half-human, half
bound to the floor as they walk along it. A detect magic spell or similar effect reveals an aura of transmutation within the corridor. The corpse belongs to Devlin Bashir, a Calishite wizard and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Ibarra Lugo Gertrube invites visitors to a
Caker celebration in Undersigil Cursed Cake Unable to secure fresh ingredients in Undersigil, the Cakers prepped this pastry with the blood of a vargouille
cake are cursed. Over 1d4 hours, a cursed creature’s head takes on fiendish aspects. At the end of this time, the creature dies, and its head tears from its body as a hostile vargouille reflection
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the Cerulean Citadel, Arijani sentenced his sister to death. As the court strangler’s garrote crushed her windpipe, Ramya cursed her brother and sister, calling them bloodthirsty beasts. Arijani and
Reeva denied their sister the honors befitting a maharani, dumping Ramya’s corpse into the sea. As they did, a terrible monsoon struck the Harvest Peninsula, bringing with it walls of supernatural mist
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
to inspire the wickedness a wraith embodies.
Wraith Manifestations 1d10 The Wraith Embodies...
1 The blasphemous magic of a cursed location.
2 The exorcised evil of a redeemed
, reach 5 ft. Hit: 21 (4d8 + 3) Necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, its Hit Point maximum decreases by an amount equal to the damage taken.
Create Specter. The wraith targets a Humanoid corpse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
swarms that lurk in haunted sites and cursed dungeons. Swarm of Infesting Insects Infesting insect swarms invade larger prey, burrowing into other creature’s bodies with varied, gruesome results
.; Passive Perception 11
Languages None
CR 3 (XP 700; PB +2)
Traits
Skeletonize. If the swarm starts its turn in the same space as a Large or smaller corpse, the corpse is destroyed, leaving behind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
1/2 (100 XP) Nupperibo
Skulk
Challenge 1 (200 XP) Bronze scout
Choker
Duergar soulblade
Female steeder
Meazel
Stone cursed
Challenge 2 (450 XP) Adult kruthik
Berbalang
Duergar
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP) Canoloth
Corpse flower
Deathlock mastermind
Howler
Sword wraith commander
Challenge 9 (5,000 XP) Drow house captain
Frost salamander
Gloom weaver
Hydroloth
Rot
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
possessing the potential and vitality lost to them. Shadows lurk in dark, lonely places, typically sites that were meaningful to them in life or cursed places with ties to death, sinister magic, or
Shadow rises from the corpse 1d4 hours later.
Bonus Actions
Shadow Stealth. While in Dim Light or Darkness, the shadow takes the Hide action.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Wight Life-Leeching Corpse Warrior Habitat: Desert, Planar (Shadowfell), Swamp, Underdark, Urban; Treasure: Armaments Wights are the withered corpses of relentless warriors whose wickedness sustains
Motives 1d8 The Wight Returned from the Dead To...
1 Challenge anyone who passes near its grave on a certain cursed night.
2 Conquer the land it believes it should rule.
3 Continue
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
their prey before they attack again. Legends tie death dogs to malicious death gods, the underworld, and cursed rulers. These stories are based on the malady death dogs spread. Roll on or choose a result
The victim’s flesh to rot like a corpse. 5 The victim to itch, as if they had fleas or sand beneath their skin. 6 Wicked symbols to gradually appear on and spread across the victim’s body. Death Dog
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
attention of wolves. Cesca’s Vantage On the night of a full moon, a tarokka-reading wolf appears atop Cesca’s Vantage. She produces crimson cards from any corpse she is offered, and her readings are
Jack Bequick: a vampire cursed with eternal invisibility and a twisted sense of humor. Medria Several dramatic-effects artists call the fishing village of Medria home. Colorful explosions and wandering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
protagonists try to prove their worth, it is revealed that they’re all in fact dead, having perished alongside their father in the cataclysmic event that destroyed their kingdom. Cursed Play. Each script
fairy whispering in its ear), the Haunted (with a demonic shadow terrorizing it), and the Fool (performing a handstand). Each of the five scripts is cursed. Anyone who spends an hour reading a script
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Mummy The Will of Dark Gods. An undead mummy is created when the priest of a death god or other dark deity ritually imbues a prepared corpse with necromantic magic. The mummy’s linen wrappings are
who committed crimes of treason, adultery, or murder. As punishment, they were cursed with eternal undeath, embalmed, mummified, and sealed away. Other times, mummies acting as tomb guardians are
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
compartment. The ship’s bones spill from the knight’s chest and are entwined with his body, fusing him to the vessel. This is the death knight Emberlost, and his corpse houses the cursed soul of the
lashed to the mast during a storm and told to beg Talos’s forgiveness for their body’s weakness. D13. Death Knight’s Soul The corpse of a knight wearing plate armor slumps on a throne at the rear of this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Jiangshi When a soul becomes trapped within its corpse, its bitterness can reanimate its body, creating a jiangshi. These vengeful dead stalk their descendants and the communities they knew in life
, sowing terror and taking retribution for the slights or neglected burial rites that led to their cursed resurrections. Rigor mortis notoriously afflicts the limbs of jiangshi, causing them to hold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
supernatural insurance. Damien Mammoliti Map 2.3: Borca View Player Version Borca Locations Location Description Alichino’s Hall No one knows who built the cursed mansion of Alichino’s Hall, but tales
one local knows the monster seeks the corpse of its brother, who died near a druidic site in the nearby woods.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
repurposing cursed or dangerous items as elements of traps or obstacles in its lair, especially if such an item emits an ongoing effect that it can suppress as needed with its antimagic cone. A trophy
is a treasure that a beholder cherishes as evidence of its power, or serves as a remembrance of victory over its enemies, or evokes another sort of positive reaction from it. The preserved corpse of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
evil path. Soth perished during Krynn’s Cataclysm, then rose from the ashes as a death knight. Soth lives in his cursed castle, Dargaard Keep.
Vetlin Velinov
Lord Soth Medium Undead (Paladin
) necrotic damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
Additionally, any Medium or smaller Humanoid killed by this damage, as well as every corpse of such a creature within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
ghost’s heir
2 Entomb the haunted item with the ghost’s corpse
3 Destroy the haunted item
4 Use the haunted item for a specific purpose
5 Reunite the haunted item with other items
throws against dragons’ breath weapons and Frightful Presence.
3 Each affected creature gains vulnerability to the damage type of the breath weapon of the dragon who cursed the hoard.
4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
necklace of fireballs with eight beads remaining. Acererak placed a curse on the necklace, which can be revealed by an identify spell. When any creature dons the cursed necklace, all its beads detonate at
immediately replaced with its nonmagical twin from area 52, or if Napaka’s remains are removed from their resting place, the queen’s corpse opens its mouth in a wide yawn and exhales a baleful black gas
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
crypt is opened by those who don’t serve the god Zotzilaha. The curse lasts until it is dispelled, and 4d10 days after this tomb has been broken into, every cursed violator receives a visit from either
of jade with cowrie-shell eyes and obsidian pupils. About the corpse’s neck is a jade pendant carved with the face of a humanlike bat.
Creature. The corpse is the body of Tloques-Popolocas, a