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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Curses An ancient warning echoes in a tomb robber’s mind. A lost treasure bears a magical affliction, assuring it remains lost. A dying priest’s last breath carries a portent of doom. Curses come in
myriad forms, presaging terrifying tales and distinctive dooms. This section provides guidance for creating dramatic curses, either distinct from or as part of curses resulting from magic, monsters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Curses Some game effects curse a creature or an object. The effect that confers a curse defines what the curse does. Curses can be removed by the Remove Curse and Greater Restoration spells or other magic that explicitly ends curses.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Curses Some game effects curse a creature or an object. The effect that confers a curse defines what the curse does. Curses can be removed by the Remove Curse and Greater Restoration spells or other magic that explicitly ends curses.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
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
simplest curses are created by the Bestow Curse spell. The effects of such curses are limited and can be ended by the Remove Curse spell. Bestow Curse provides useful benchmarks for gauging the potency of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Curses Some game effects curse a creature or an object. The effect that confers a curse defines what the curse does. Curses can be removed by the Remove Curse and Greater Restoration spells or other magic that explicitly ends curses.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Curses An ancient warning echoes in a tomb robber’s mind. A lost treasure bears a magical affliction, assuring it remains lost. A dying priest’s last breath carries a portent of doom. Curses come in
myriad forms, presaging terrifying tales and distinctive dooms. This section provides guidance for creating dramatic curses, either distinct from or as part of curses resulting from magic, monsters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Curses Some game effects curse a creature or an object. The effect that confers a curse defines what the curse does. Curses can be removed by the Remove Curse and Greater Restoration spells or other magic that explicitly ends curses.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
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
curses are limited and can be ended by the Remove Curse spell. Bestow Curse provides useful benchmarks for gauging the potency of other curses. A curse that lasts for 1 minute equates to a level 3 spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
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
curses are limited and can be ended by the Remove Curse spell. Bestow Curse provides useful benchmarks for gauging the potency of other curses. A curse that lasts for 1 minute equates to a level 3 spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
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
simplest curses are created by the Bestow Curse spell. The effects of such curses are limited and can be ended by the Remove Curse spell. Bestow Curse provides useful benchmarks for gauging the potency of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Sample Curses Provided here are several example curses and the circumstances surrounding them. Change the details of any of these examples to customize them to your adventures.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Sample Curses Provided here are several example curses and the circumstances surrounding them. Change the details of any of these examples to customize them to your adventures.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Vistani Curses A Vistana, regardless of age, can use an action to utter a curse. The curse targets another creature within 30 feet that the Vistana can see. The Vistana can’t utter another such curse
that was invoked. The Vistana chooses the curse’s effect from the options that follow; other Vistani curses are possible. All such effects deal psychic damage to the Vistani who uttered them when they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
Fey Curses Curses are common punishments among archfey and other powerful Fey creatures. An adventurer might be cursed for any number of reasons, a few of which are listed below: Offending a powerful
Feywild denizen Entering a forbidden place Appearing in a fey court without an invitation You can determine the curse’s effect by rolling on the Fey Curses table. Fey Curses d8 Curse 1 Your ears
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Vistani Curses A Vistana, regardless of age, can use an action to utter a curse. The curse targets another creature within 30 feet that the Vistana can see. The Vistana can’t utter another such curse
that was invoked. The Vistana chooses the curse’s effect from the options that follow; other Vistani curses are possible. All such effects deal psychic damage to the Vistani who uttered them when they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
Fey Curses Curses are common punishments among archfey and other powerful Fey creatures. An adventurer might be cursed for any number of reasons, a few of which are listed below: Offending a powerful
Feywild denizen Entering a forbidden place Appearing in a fey court without an invitation You can determine the curse’s effect by rolling on the Fey Curses table. Fey Curses d8 Curse 1 Your ears
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Laying Curses Curses aren’t something to throw around lightly. They should be dramatically appropriate responses to meaningful choices characters make. If every goblin or bandit coughs out a dying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Laying Curses Curses aren’t something to throw around lightly. They should be dramatically appropriate responses to meaningful choices characters make. If every goblin or bandit coughs out a dying
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
Spontaneous Curses While Shadowsteel curses generally require training, the expenditure of a spell slot as with any leveled spell, and a Shadowsteel Focus, sometimes these curses can be performed
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
Point Dice don’t reduce the caster’s Hit Point maximum; the caster simply can’t recover or spend Hit Dice. Using Curses in a Campaign
Shadowsteel curses are powerful in both their narrative and
:
Shadowsteel curses often have costly Material components and a cost to the caster’s health.
The full power of a Shadowsteel curse is in its long-term effects. Players may not care about
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
Shadowsteel Curses Daniel Correia Within Etharis, there are long-lasting spells empowered by a rare substance called Shadowsteel. Shadowsteel channels dark emotions, and spells cast with the substance grow in power as the targets languish under their spiteful effects.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Curses and Magical Contagions A curse is a magical burden that lasts for a specified time or until it is ended by some means. A magical contagion is an adverse effect of magical origin that is contagious by definition. The following sections discuss curses and magical contagions in detail.
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
Spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Curses and Magical Contagions A curse is a magical burden that lasts for a specified time or until it is ended by some means. A magical contagion is an adverse effect of magical origin that is contagious by definition. The following sections discuss curses and magical contagions in detail.
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
Chapter 7: Spells & Curses Daniel Correia Etharis hosts a menagerie of magical creatures and spellcasters. Ranging from terrifying liches to ancient Primordials, many of these fearsome entities
are the really bad ones. Included here are two special kinds of spells: Sangromancy spells and Shadowsteel curses. These spell types work similarly to regular spells, but with some subtle differences
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
Special Training While Shadowsteel curses aren’t restricted by alignment, casting a Shadowsteel curse is considered evil. A Shadowsteel curse is felt by any Celestial or Fiend within 1 mile of its
Shadowsteel Focus. The caster can increase proficiency with these curses by taking the Shadowsteel Master feat.
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
Curing Once a Shadowsteel curse is cast, it is notoriously difficult to cure. Many adventurers have fallen to a curse before they were able to gather a cure. As a result, it isn’t unheard of for
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
be tailored to how available the GM wishes curses to be. Allowing the Shadowsteel Adept feat means the GM has provided the means to access a Shadowsteel Focus.
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
holy word and remake a creature you can see in the image of the Arch Seraphs. The Poisoned condition on the creature ends, curses on the target are suppressed for the spell’s duration, and it is
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
Spell List The following spell list shows the spells each class has access to. A spell’s school of magic is noted in parentheses. If a spell can be cast as a Ritual, the Ritual tag also appears in
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
Casting Range Shadowsteel curses can only be cast on a creature that the caster has interacted with closely. This requires that the caster be within 60 feet of a target for at least 1 minute. Once
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
Saving Throw Modifications A caster can enhance Shadowsteel curses by adding additional components to the spell. The casting time of the curse, or the relationship between the caster and the target
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
Progression of a Shadowsteel Curse Shadowsteel curses are spells that progress in phases called Stages. Between each stage is an Escalation Check. A Shadowsteel curse uses the following structure
. If, on the fifth dawn, it rolls a 5 or less, the curse escalates to stage 2. The creature applies any new effects and resets the DC to 1. Stages of Progression While Shadowsteel curses are dangerous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Curses and Magical Contagions A curse is a magical burden that lasts for a specified time or until it is ended by some means. A magical contagion is an adverse effect of magical origin that is contagious by definition. The following sections discuss curses and magical contagions in detail.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Curses and Magical Contagions A curse is a magical burden that lasts for a specified time or until it is ended by some means. A magical contagion is an adverse effect of magical origin that is contagious by definition. The following sections discuss curses and magical contagions in detail.