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Humanoid, it is subjected to the following effect. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 10. Failure: The target is Curses;cursed. If the cursed target drops to 0 Hit Points, it instead becomes a Wereraven
groups tend to be loosely organized, since members understand the importance of anonymity.
The Keepers of the Feather (described in Ravenloft Adventures) is one example of a secret society of evil
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- 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.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
. Environmental Curses Some locations are so suffused with evil that anyone who lingers there is burdened with a curse. Demonic Possession is one example of an environmental curse. Demonic Possession Demonic
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
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construction and architecture — primarily in crafting the infrastructure that allows Ravnicans to enjoy running water, levitating platforms, and other magical and technological wonders.
You have a
tend to be loud, flashy, or explosive, even when the effect is unremarkable. For example, when you open the portal of a rope trick spell, the portal might be outlined by harmless, showy
Book of Vile Darkness
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example of blackest magic he came across or devised. Vecna covered every vile topic he could, making the book a gruesome catalog of all mortal wrongs.
Other practitioners of evil have held the book and
the book.
Dark Magic. Several spells of horrific evil of the DM’s design and choosing could be in the book. Spells could impose dreadful curses, disfigure others, require human sacrifice, afflict creatures with crippling pain, spread vile plagues, and so on.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, whether as part of their origins or due to their ability to spread curses—werewolves being a prime example. You decide how a spell like Remove Curse affects a creature with accursed origins. For
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
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naming traditions of their ancestors.
The material culture and physical characteristics of humans can change wildly from region to region. In the Forgotten Realms, for example, the clothing, architecture
;re found primarily in southwest Faerûn.
Calishite Names: (Male) Aseir, Bardeid, Haseid, Khemed, Mehmen, Sudeiman, Zasheir; (female) Atala, Ceidil, Hama, Jasmal, Meilil, Seipora, Yasheira
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example of blackest magic he came across or devised. Vecna covered every vile topic he could, making the book a gruesome catalog of all mortal wrongs.
Other practitioners of evil have held the book and
. Several spells of horrific evil of the DM’s design and choosing could be in the book. Spells could impose dreadful curses, disfigure others, require human sacrifice, afflict creatures with crippling pain, spread vile plagues, and so on.
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. For example, some of the oldest dwarves living in Citadel Felbarr (in the world of the Forgotten Realms) can recall the day, more than three centuries ago, when orcs conquered the fortress and drove
identities and affiliations, recognize related dwarves, and invoke their ancestors’ names in oaths and curses. To be clanless is the worst fate that can befall a dwarf.
Dwarves in other lands are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
that turn. For example, a creature who casts the misty step spell as a bonus action can also make a 2nd-level spell attack as an action. Similarly, many Multiattack actions let a creature make multiple
-focused spells, some creatures can cast spells that are primarily used outside of combat. To streamline the stat blocks, these spells aren’t written out in the creature’s combat-oriented “Actions” section
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Components of a Curse Most curses have three distinct components: pronouncement, burden, and resolution. Whatever form these take, at least one of them, especially the burden or resolution, should
have an ironic connection to the action that triggered the curse.A dying priest of Ezra curses his murderer Pronouncement The first component of a curse is the pronouncement, which amounts to a threat
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->The Book of Many Things
Chapter 8: Fates Tinnel Lovitt A character who draws the Fates card from a Deck of Many Things gains the chance to rewrite the events of their life. This card is an example in miniature of the deck
reserved for deities. This chapter is filled with character options, treasure, and other ideas linked to the concepts of fate and destiny. It’s primarily aimed at clerics, druids, and paladins who have a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
classes are added together to determine your character level. For example, if you have three levels in wizard and two in fighter, you're a 5th-level character. As you advance in levels, you might
primarily remain a member of your original class with just a few levels in another class, or you might change course entirely, never looking back at the class you left behind. You might even start
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
classes are added together to determine your character level. For example, if you have three levels in wizard and two in fighter, you’re a 5th-level character. As you advance in levels, you might
primarily remain a member of your original class with just a few levels in another class, or you might change course entirely, never looking back at the class you left behind. You might even start
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
motivated primarily by money, wealth can threaten the entire campaign. After all, when mercenaries have all the money they’d ever need, why should they risk life and limb any more? Avoid this problem by
for spending their gold. Friends and loved ones, for example, can benefit from their largess, especially if these allies are experiencing hard times. If characters are attached to a settlement and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Hidden across Barovia lie secret sanctuaries known only to Strahd and his servants. These crypt-like boltholes are hidden from the sun and exist primarily to shelter the count should he require. Over the
, allowing other evils to fester there. An example of one of these sites is depicted on map 2.2 and has the following features: Count’s Coffin. Hidden in each sanctuary lies a coffin bearing the von
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
circumstances of their birth. Through their lives, champions experience the blessings and curses of their divine relationships. Some might brandish incredible powers granted to them by the gods. Others, however
any number of other creatures. Did one Slayer do all that? No, the archetype has become the repository for legends about many different heroes, all of whom are notable primarily for slaying something
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Marks of Mystery Centuries of manipulation and consolidation have caused the established dragonmarks to manifest primarily in members of certain family lines. However, exceptions have always existed
options for its origin. Dragonmarked Heir You are a member of a dragonmarked house and its family line—for example, if you bear the Mark of Healing, you could be a Halfling member of House Jorasco and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
physical characteristics of humans can change wildly from region to region. In the Forgotten Realms, for example, the clothing, architecture, cuisine, music, and literature are different in the northwestern
. Calishite Shorter and slighter in build than most other humans, Calishites have dusky brown skin, hair, and eyes. They’re found primarily in southwest Faerûn. Calishite Names: (Male) Aseir, Bardeid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
physical characteristics of humans can change wildly from region to region. In the Forgotten Realms, for example, the clothing, architecture, cuisine, music, and literature are different in the northwestern
. Calishite Shorter and slighter in build than most other humans, Calishites have dusky brown skin, hair, and eyes. They’re found primarily in southwest Faerûn. Calishite Names: (Male) Aseir, Bardeid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
primarily on the psionic energy that they extract from it in its final moments of activity. Through some quirk of the illithids’ parasitic nature, the cultural sophistication of a mind flayer depends upon
what sorts of brains are in its diet. For example, members of a colony that feed on grimlocks are no less intelligent than a colony that feeds on elves, but the former will pay almost no attention to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
connected to one another by long, mostly unprotected rivers and roads. Human settlements rely on various industries for survival. For example, most of the humans of Ten-Towns and Port Llast are
fishers, the humans of Mirabar and Leilon are primarily miners, and the humans who live in Beliard, Triboar, and other settlements of the central Dessarin Valley are mostly farmers. Coastal cities such as
Kobold
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undetected and don’t give their targets reason to harm them. For example, a group of city kobolds might sneak into a cobbler’s house at night to loot it of knives, leather bits, nails, and
waking time is spent working, adversarial kobolds rarely have opportunities to exchange insults, let alone come to blows over their differences.
Kobolds choose mates primarily for convenience. Their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
by spell effects. For example, Purphoros can make a volcano erupt, and Thassa can call up a tidal wave. Gods can bestow supernatural blessings on mortals, and they can lay terrible curses (such as when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
lost something as well. Perhaps fate has brought you together.
Work with the players to establish what connections, if any, the characters have with each other. For example, some or all of the
this loss lacks the ability to be creative in one or more artistic pursuits. For example, they might be unable to draw, paint, or compose original music. The hag who claimed this prize has since used it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
ingrained that they are often at a loss when they try to impart that knowledge to others. Among the Selesnya, it primarily falls to loxodons to build the guild’s magnificent, cathedral-like arboretum
, and interdependent. For Azorius loxodons, community primarily means a society of different peoples who need adherence to law and order so they can function together. For those in the Orzhov Syndicate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
treasures might also be the objects of heroic quests. For example, one might not be considered a true hero until one follows in the footsteps of past legends and either makes or claims one’s own magical
3). The wood regularly sprouts fresh leaves, or its whorls suggest humanoid features.
8 The item rests among the remains of its former owner, who thanks (or curses) those who take it.
9
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon, which are tailored to those dragons and the example lair maps found in that chapter. Additional lair actions that might apply to any dragon in any lair include the following: Catch Breath. The
rating—they exist primarily to help you craft the proper atmosphere around a dragon’s lair. So feel free to have a younger dragon manifest these effects, albeit perhaps in a smaller area than what’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
example, an arrow of slaying (dragon) deals extra damage not only to dragons but also other creatures of the dragon type, such as dragon turtles and wyverns. The game includes the following monster
that are not ordinary, not truly natural, and almost never benign. Some are the results of magical experimentation gone awry (such as owlbears), and others are the product of terrible curses (including
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
cumulative. If you have temporary hit points and receive more of them, you don’t add them together, unless a game feature says you can. You decide which temporary hit points to keep. As an example
modifier, your armor, a shield, and cover—unless your AC is higher than 16. For example, if your AC is normally 14, it’s 16 while barkskin is on you. If your AC is normally 15 and you have half cover, your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Constructing Your Deck An encounter deck consists primarily of cards representing monsters. You can use cards from The Deck of Many Things card set, oracle cards, playing cards, cards from Magic: The
encounter deck to represent goals for the characters as they explore a region. For example, a goal card might represent an ancient ruin the characters are seeking. When that card appears, the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
makeshift rafts using materials at hand. For example, the cap of a giant zurkhwood mushroom can be hollowed out to make a coracle equivalent to a rowboat, but with half a rowboat’s hit points (see the
. The characters can forage for food while traversing the Darklake, primarily by fishing and gathering edible fungi (see “Fungi of the Underdark” in chapter 2). Much of the water of the Darklake is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every example of blackest magic he came across or devised. Vecna covered every vile topic he could, making the book a gruesome catalog of all mortal
in the book. Dark Magic. Several spells of horrific evil of the DM's design and choosing could be in the book. Spells could impose dreadful curses, disfigure others, require human sacrifice, afflict creatures with crippling pain, spread vile plagues, and so on.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
example, an arrow of dragon slaying deals extra damage not only to dragons but also other creatures of the dragon type, such as dragon turtles and wyverns. The game includes the following monster types
terrible curses (including minotaurs and yuan-ti). They defy categorization, and in some sense serve as a catch-all category for creatures that don’t fit into any other type. Oozes are gelatinous