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Monster Manual
the aboleth’s turn. Failure: The target is cursed. Until the curse ends, the target’s skin becomes slimy, the target can breathe air and water, and it can’t regain Hit Points unless
it is underwater.
While the cursed creature is outside a body of water, the creature takes 6 (1d12);{"diceNotation":"1d12", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Mucus Cloud Curse", "rollDamageType
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
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Worms. If the spawn of Kyuss is targeted by an effect that cures disease or removes a curse, all the worms infesting it wither away, and it loses its Burrowing Worm action.
Unusual Nature. The spawn of
can see within 10 feet of it. The worm latches onto the target’s skin unless the target succeeds on a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw. The worm is a Tiny Undead with AC 6, 1 hit point, a 2 (&minus
Magic Items
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
bond with your skin.
While attuned to these gloves, you gain one of the following proficiencies (your choice when you attune to the gloves):
Sleight of Hand
Thieves' Tools;Thieves' tools
One kind
them. If you’re targeted by a spell that ends a curse, your attunement to the gloves ends, and they can be removed.
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Death Curse. When the fensir starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate, it releases a curse on those around it. Each creature within 30 feet of the fensir when it dies must
, the creature must succeed on a DC 13 Charisma saving throw or take 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Curse", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
fight off the inevitable transformation. A human transformed into a broodguard loses all semblance of who they once were. A broodguard is hairless and emaciated, with scaly skin. They have a forked
", "rollAction":"Broodguard transformation potion", "rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage and is otherwise unaffected.
A spell such as lesser restoration or remove curse can end the transformation process at
Magic Items
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
To attune to this symbiont, you must hold it against the skin behind your ear for the entire attunement period, whereupon it burrows into your head and bonds to your skull. While the earworm is
’re attuned to it, and you can’t voluntarily end your attunement to it. If you’re targeted by a spell that ends a curse, your attunement to the earworm ends, and it exits your body.
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
inspection. For example, the hag could appear to have smooth skin, but someone touching her would feel her rough flesh. Otherwise, a creature must take an action to visually inspect the illusion and
. The covetous hags each knew part of a ritual for crafting magic paintings that could bind mortal creatures with a terrible curse. After agreeing to share their knowledge and work together, they
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
":"spell", "rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks):
At will: light, sacred flame, thaumaturgy
1/day each: augury (cast as 1 action), bane, banishment, bestow curse, command, cure wounds
parents pack children off to communal creches once they are weaned, never to recognize them again. Yakfolk feel no loyalty to their families—only to their god and race.
Skin Crawlers. A yakfolk
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
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Spellcasting. The shadar-kai casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
1/day each: bestow curse
mournful. In that realm, they have pale hair, wrinkled gray skin, and swollen joints that give them a corpselike aspect. They appear more youthful while on other planes, but their skin always retains
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
and is cursed until the hag dies or the curse is removed. The cursed creature's hit point maximum decreases by 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Nightmare Touch"} whenever
to the amount of damage taken.Dusk hags resemble gnarled crones with shriveled orange skin, tangled gray hair, and eyes that burn like hot coals. They see visions of the future in their dreams, and
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At will: detect magic
2/day each: create food and water, polymorph, remove curse
1/day: plane shift (self only)Younger than Skabatha and older than
submerged. As the hours pass between each immersion, her movements become more ponderous and her skin audibly cracks as she moves.
Bavlorna lives like a hermit. She is frazzled, impatient, paranoid
Spawn of Kyuss
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
is targeted by an effect that cures disease or removes a curse, all the worms infesting it wither away, and it loses its Burrowing Worm action.Multiattack. The spawn of Kyuss makes two attacks with
its claws and uses Burrowing Worm.
Burrowing Worm. A worm launches from the spawn of Kyuss at one humanoid that the spawn can see within 10 feet of it. The worm latches onto the target's skin unless the
Green Hag (Coven Variant)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
’s spell list but must share the spell slots among themselves:
1st level (4 slots): identify, ray of sickness
2nd level (3 slots): hold person, locate object
3rd level (3 slots): bestow curse
inspection. For example, the hag could appear to have smooth skin, but someone touching her would feel her rough flesh. Otherwise, a creature must take an action to visually inspect the illusion and
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
jolted her.
“What is it they say?” he asked. “One’s a curiosity, two’s a conspiracy—”
“Three’s a curse,” she finished. “You think I
. Their skin tones cover the full range of human coloration, but also include various shades of red. Their hair, cascading down from behind their horns, is usually dark, from black or brown to dark red
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
enter into bargains with hags gain their deepest wishes but eventually find themselves transformed. These changes evidence a hag’s influence: ears that split in forked points, skin in lurid
lost hag.
4
You were cursed as a child. A deal with the spirits of the forest transformed you into a hexblood, now free of the curse.
5
You began life as a fey creature, but an accident
Species
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
jolted her.
“What is it they say?” he asked. “One’s a curiosity, two’s a conspiracy—”
“Three’s a curse,” she finished. “You think I
. Their skin tones cover the full range of human coloration, but also include various shades of red. Their hair, cascading down from behind their horns, is usually dark, from black or brown to dark red
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
entire attunement period, during which the gloves bond with your skin. While attuned to these gloves, you gain one of the following proficiencies (your choice when you attune to the gloves): Sleight of
. If you’re targeted by a spell that ends a curse, your attunement to the gloves ends, and they can be removed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
her seat of power. An illusion masks Ramya’s Undead state. Her true nature is revealed only by the chill of her skin and in her withered reflection. Ramya permits no mirrors in her presence, lest her curse be revealed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
targeted by an effect that cures disease or removes a curse, all the worms infesting it wither away, and it loses its Burrowing Worm action.
Unusual Nature. The spawn of Kyuss requires no air, food, drink
damage plus 7 (2d6) necrotic damage.
Burrowing Worm. A worm launches from the spawn of Kyuss at one Humanoid that the spawn can see within 10 feet of it. The worm latches onto the target’s skin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
warriors, each wearing a grass skirt and clutching a spear.
A gruesome throne lashed together of bone and strips of skin stands atop the west ledge. A fearsome horned skull surmounts the throne, and small
skulls are piled around it. The seat of the throne appears to be made of stretched skin and has a metal scepter resting on it.
Shuffling about the sunken portion of the room are three gaunt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Fomorian Cursed Giant of the Dark Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: Any DAARKEN Once infamous for their magical aptitude, fomorians are giants afflicted with a fey curse. In their pride, they were
bodies match their vile souls. Ever since, fomorians have dwelled in the Underdark amid the ruins of their magical cities. The archfey’s curse afflicts them still, tormenting them with wandering cankers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Features From... 1 Bargaining parts of its soul to a pantheon of serpentine demigods. 2 A curse laid on its people in the distant past. 3 The dream-venom of Merrshaulk, a slumbering snake god. 4
Experiments by spirit nagas or other yuan-ti. 5 A ritual involving the skin of a fiendish snake. 6 Trials to excise its “weak” human parts.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
remove curse spell or similar magic. d20 Wild Magic Effect 1–6 None 7–10 The caster’s skin turns a vibrant shade of blue. 11–14 Tiny, insubstantial motes of light circle the caster, shedding bright
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Earworm Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement) To attune to this symbiont, you must hold it against the skin behind your ear for the entire attunement period, whereupon it burrows into your
while you’re attuned to it, and you can’t voluntarily end your attunement to it. If you’re targeted by a spell that ends a curse, your attunement to the earworm ends, and it exits your body.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
with bright golden skin. The young male either is wearing an antlered headpiece or has delicate antlers growing from his head. He drops to his knees and beseeches the characters in a dialect of
into a golden stag whenever he steps outside these walls. He has lived with the curse for so long that his kingdom is forgotten, his castle is fallen to ruin, and he no longer remembers his own name
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
with bright golden skin. The young male either is wearing an antlered headpiece or has delicate antlers growing from his head. He drops to his knees and beseeches the characters in a dialect of Elvish
into a golden stag whenever he steps outside these walls. He has lived with the curse for so long that his kingdom is forgotten, his castle is fallen to ruin, and he no longer remembers his own name. He
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
nature of the soul. MORDENTISH CHARACTERS
Characters from Mordent are typically earnest and practical. Humans are the domain’s primary residents. Locals have varied hair colors and a range of skin tones
family secrets? In Mordent, a secret shame, dismal curse, or gruesome haunt accompanies every family name. How much do you know about the skeletons in your family’s closet? What guilt or misfortune do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Antique Dolls Shelves of antique dolls stand in the shade of a sickly green awning. Hunched over a small worktable is a wizened woman with warts, bedraggled gray hair, and sallow, green skin. She
of haunted dolls for 3 days. Every time the character finishes a long rest during that period, they must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed saving throw, the rest restores none of the character’s Hit Dice. A Remove Curse spell or similar magic ends this effect.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
spawn of Kyuss is targeted by an effect that cures disease or removes a curse, all the worms infesting it wither away, and it loses its Burrowing Worm action.
Actions
Multiattack. The spawn of Kyuss
the target’s skin unless the target succeeds on a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw. The worm is a Tiny undead with AC 6, 1 hit point, a 2 (−4) in every ability score, and a speed of 1 foot. While on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
to their families—only to their god and race. Skin Crawlers. A yakfolk’s most frightening weapon is its ability to magically crawl under another creature’s skin, control its body, and suppress its
will: light, sacred flame, thaumaturgy
1/day each: augury (cast as 1 action), bane, banishment, bestow curse, command, cure wounds, hold person, protection from energy, sending
Summon Earth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Flesh Warping table. A spell that removes a curse ends all ichor-related warping effects on a creature. Ichor-Coated Weapons Demon ichor is sticky enough to adhere to most weapons. A creature in Avernus
coated with demon ichor. Flesh Warping d100 Effect
01–05 The color of the target’s hair, eyes, and skin becomes blue, red, yellow, or patterned.
06–10 The target’s eyes push out of its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
break his curse. Uldrak excitedly splashes the vial’s hissing contents onto the ground at his feet. Moments later, he sheds his fiendish skin and grows back into his true form, that of a lawful evil
empyrean. Laughing gleefully, Uldrak yanks his sword from the ground and gladly provides the characters with a gallon of his blood so they can break the curse on Ralzala. When this is done, he casts plane
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
Darklord’s evil. Monstrous Transformations d10 Transformation
1 The Darklord loses their voice; their words now carve themselves on their skin as lingering scars.
2 Something the Darklord
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
inevitable transformation. A human transformed into a broodguard loses all semblance of who they once were. A broodguard is hairless and emaciated, with scaly skin. They have a forked tongue, and they smell
Constitution saving throw; on a success, it takes 14 (4d6) poison damage and is otherwise unaffected. A spell such as lesser restoration or remove curse can end the transformation process at any time
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
plague to devour crops. A planetar’s celestial ears detect every falsehood, and its radiant eyes see through every deception. Planetars are muscular and hairless and have opalescent green skin and
Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (4d6 + 7) slashing damage plus 22 (5d8) radiant damage.
Healing Touch (4/Day). The planetar touches another creature. The target magically regains 30 (6d8 + 3) hit points and is freed from any curse, disease, poison, blindness, or deafness.