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Monsters
Monster Manual
":"Elemental Restoration"} days, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere on the Plane of Fire.
Magic Resistance. The efreeti has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
can understand. If the efreeti casts the spell for the creature, the efreeti suffers none of the spell’s stress. Once the efreeti has cast it three times, the efreeti can’t do so again
Monsters
Monster Manual
creature, the marid suffers none of the spell’s stress. Once the marid has cast it three times, the marid can’t do so again for 365 days.Multiattack. The marid makes three Aquatic Lash attacks
Jet. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 18, each creature in a 60-foot-long, 10-foot-wide Line. Failure: 31 (9d6);{"diceNotation":"9d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Water Jet", "rollDamageType":"Cold
Monsters
Monster Manual
its Hit Points somewhere on the Plane of Earth.
Magic Resistance. The dao has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Wishes. The dao has a 30 percent chance of knowing
dao suffers none of the spell’s stress. Once the dao has cast it three times, the dao can’t do so again for 365 days.Multiattack. The dao makes three Earthen Maul attacks or two Earth
Monsters
Monster Manual
":"Elemental Restoration"} days, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere on the Plane of Air.
Magic Resistance. The djinni has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Wishes
understand. If the djinni casts the spell for the creature, the djinni suffers none of the spell’s stress. Once the djinni has cast it three times, the djinni can’t do so again for 365
Spells
Player’s Handbook
saving throw or a foe’s Critical Hit. You can force the reroll to be made with Advantage or Disadvantage, and you choose whether to use the reroll or the original roll.
Reshape Reality. You may
for a moment; she shakes her head, and your wish fails.
The stress of casting Wish to produce any effect other than duplicating another spell weakens you. After enduring that stress, each time you
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
foes.
These teachers stress attention to fine details, drilling their students on the most minuscule points. The perfect foundation ultimately leads to a flawless work of art, and the professors of
feet of any other creature during this bonus action, that creature must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw, or the creature is knocked prone and it can’t take reactions until the start of its next turn. A creature can suffer this effect only once during a turn.
monsters
saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Wishes. Biha Babir knows the Wish spell but can cast it only on behalf of a non-genie creature who communicates a wish in a way Biha Babir can
understand. If Biha Babir casts the spell for a creature, she suffers none of the spell’s stress. Once Biha Babir has cast it three times, she can’t do so again for 365 days.Multiattack. Biha
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw, they must apply their current Stress Score as a penalty to the roll. Reducing Stress A character who spends an entire day relaxing or in otherwise calm
Stress Charging headlong into terrifying situations is the stock in trade for adventurers. Among the Domains of Dread, though, periods of respite between harrowing experiences can be rare. Even the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
provides a few examples of such effects, with suggested saving throw DCs and damage. Mental stress can usually be resisted with a successful Wisdom save, but sometimes an Intelligence or Charisma save is
Mental Stress Effects When a character is subjected to an effect that causes intense mental stress, Psychic damage is the best way to emulate that effect. The Sample Mental Stress Effects table
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
provides a few examples of such effects, with suggested saving throw DCs and damage. Mental stress can usually be resisted with a successful Wisdom save, but sometimes an Intelligence or Charisma save is
Mental Stress Effects When a character is subjected to an effect that causes intense mental stress, Psychic damage is the best way to emulate that effect. The Sample Mental Stress Effects table
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
deciding whether to use a roll, ask yourself two questions: Is a task so easy and so free of conflict and stress that there should be no chance of failure? Is a task so inappropriate or impossible — such
to call for an ability check, attack roll, or saving throw; how to assign DCs; when to use advantage and disadvantage; and other related topics.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
itself to accommodate the new result. For example, a Wish spell could undo an ally’s failed saving throw or a foe’s Critical Hit. You can force the reroll to be made with Advantage or Disadvantage, and you
affect the Lady of Pain in any way, you see an image of her in your mind for a moment; she shakes her head, and your wish fails. The stress of casting Wish to produce any effect other than duplicating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
itself to accommodate the new result. For example, a Wish spell could undo an ally’s failed saving throw or a foe’s Critical Hit. You can force the reroll to be made with Advantage or Disadvantage, and you
affect the Lady of Pain in any way, you see an image of her in your mind for a moment; she shakes her head, and your wish fails. The stress of casting Wish to produce any effect other than duplicating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
with all its Hit Points somewhere on the Plane of Earth.
Magic Resistance. The dao has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Wishes. The dao has a 30 percent chance
creature, the dao suffers none of the spell’s stress. Once the dao has cast it three times, the dao can’t do so again for 365 days.
Actions
Multiattack. The dao makes three Earthen Maul attacks or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
here illustrate the variety of ways disease can work in the game. Feel free to alter the saving throw DCs, incubation times, symptoms, and other characteristics of these diseases to suit your campaign
removed until the disease is cured. Any event that causes the infected creature great stress — including entering combat, taking damage, experiencing fear, or having a nightmare — forces the creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Sample Diseases The diseases here illustrate the variety of ways disease can work in the game. Feel free to alter the saving throw DCs, incubation times, symptoms, and other characteristics of these
exhaustion that can't be removed until the disease is cured. Any event that causes the infected creature great stress--including entering combat, taking damage, experiencing fear, or having a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere on the Plane of Air.
Magic Resistance. The djinni has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Wishes. The djinni has a 30 percent
the spell for the creature, the djinni suffers none of the spell’s stress. Once the djinni has cast it three times, the djinni can’t do so again for 365 days.
Actions
Multiattack. The djinni makes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Madness In many campaigns, little focus is placed on the mental and emotional impact of the dangers characters face day after day, but sometimes the stress of being an adventurer can be too much to
break the psyche of a character who uses or becomes attuned to them.
Resisting a madness-inducing effect usually requires a Wisdom or Charisma saving throw. If your game includes the Sanity score (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
who communicates a wish in a way the marid can understand. If the marid casts the spell for the creature, the marid suffers none of the spell’s stress. Once the marid has cast it three times, the
(2d8) Cold damage.
Water Jet. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 18, each creature in a 60-foot-long, 10-foot-wide Line. Failure: 31 (9d6) Cold damage. If the target is a Huge or smaller creature, it is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Plane of Fire, its body dissolves into ash, and it gains a new body in 1d4 days, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere on the Plane of Fire.
Magic Resistance. The efreeti has Advantage on saving
creature who communicates a wish in a way the efreeti can understand. If the efreeti casts the spell for the creature, the efreeti suffers none of the spell’s stress. Once the efreeti has cast it three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
)
CHA
15 (+2)
Saving Throws Dex +4, Cha +4
Skills Acrobatics +4, Athletics +4, Performance +6
Senses passive Perception 11
Languages Common plus any two languages
Challenge 2 (450 XP
its turn, the apprentice can move through the space of other creatures. The first time the apprentice enters a creature’s space on a turn, that creature must succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Plane of Fire.
Magic Resistance. The efreeti has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Wishes. The efreeti has a 30 percent chance of knowing the Wish spell. If the
efreeti suffers none of the spell’s stress. Once the efreeti has cast it three times, the efreeti can’t do so again for 365 days.
Actions
Multiattack. The efreeti makes three attacks, using Heated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Bite attacks.
Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) Piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it is subjected to the following effect. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 12. First
with all its Hit Points somewhere in Mount Celestia.
Magic Resistance. The deva has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Actions
Multiattack. The deva makes two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) checks. Level 9: Magical Ambush If you have the Invisible condition when you cast a spell on a creature, it has Disadvantage on any saving throw it makes against the spell on
a creature casts a spell that targets you or includes you in its area of effect, you can take a Reaction to force the creature to make an Intelligence saving throw. The DC equals your spell save DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
familiar is an ally. Its proximity to a target can allow you to use the Sneak Attack feature or any other feature that requires the presence of an ally. When a creature succeeds on a saving throw
Wish to duplicate a spell of level 0–8, there are no detrimental effects. However, if you do anything other than duplicate a spell of level 0–8, you suffer the stress described in the final paragraph of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Mourning looking for their best friend, the warforged Mercy (see the “Warforged Pilgrims” section earlier in this chapter). The stress of the situation caused Filch’s comatose state. Mercy and Filch would
. Lingering in this chamber causes creatures to feel drowsy. A creature that ends its turn in this chamber must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or have the unconscious condition for 1 minute. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
deals 28 (8d6) fire damage to each creature in the warehouse, or half damage to creatures that succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. Every creature that starts its turn in the burning warehouse
make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes an additional 28 (8d6) bludgeoning damage and is restrained beneath the rubble. On a successful save, the creature takes half
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
perilous, and each creature doing so must make a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature either tumbles down the stairs before being able to stop itself or pitches over the edge and
. H2. Collapsing Room The walls of this chamber show cracks and other signs of stress from the weight of fifty feet of earth and stone above, but have so far remained standing. The floor is covered in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
ceiling rapidly drops, crushing anything in its path. Creatures in that area must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 55 (10d10) bludgeoning damage and has the
are contaminated by the slime. A creature that eats a contaminated mushroom must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or have the poisoned condition for 8 hours. Treasure. The elf corpse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
17 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 55 (10d10) bludgeoning damage and has the prone condition. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage only and is pushed to the
succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or have the poisoned condition for 8 hours. Treasure. The elf corpse carries a silvered rapier and wears Bracers of Defense. L8: Stinking Cave Arash Radkia