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Returning 35 results for 'spell twists'.
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Essence Transfer (1/Day). The professor can cast the animate dead spell, using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability.Multiattack. The professor makes two Mortality Spear attacks. It can replace one of
the attacks with a use of Spellcasting.
Mortality Spear. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Mortality Spear"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 120
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage.
Spellcasting. Skabatha casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At
Hourglass Coven. Better known as Granny Nightshade, she offers her assistance to those who are haunted by regret. Her deals often result in cruel twists; for example, a petitioner who asks to be reunited
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
effects.Multiattack. The dream eater makes two Ensnaring Shriek attacks.
Ensnaring Shriek. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Ensnaring Shriek"} to hit, reach
, dream eaters are violent manifestations of nightmares and subconscious terrors. The true appearance of a dream eater is obscured, as the dream eater twists its hazy form into surreal illusions of its
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
flesh twists in alien ways. The creature has disadvantage on attack rolls, its speed is reduced by half, and if it tries to cast a spell, it must first succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence check or the spell
Spike Growth
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Spells
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The ground in a 20-foot radius centered on a point within range twists and sprouts hard spikes and thorns. The area becomes difficult terrain for the duration. When a creature moves into or within
the area, it takes 2d4 piercing damage for every 5 feet it travels.
The transformation of the ground is camouflaged to look natural. Any creature that can't see the area at the time the spell is cast
Confusion
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
This spell assaults and twists creatures' minds, spawning delusions and provoking uncontrolled action. Each creature in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on a point you choose within range must
succeed on a Wisdom saving throw when you cast this spell or be affected by it.
An affected target can't take reactions and must roll a d10 at the start of each of its turns to determine its behavior for
spells
This spell curses a creature with lethal bad luck. The target must make a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC.
Successful Saving Throw. On a successful save, the target takes 3d10
. The cursed creature has Disadvantage on Initiative checks, its Speed is reduced to 10 feet, and it has the Prone condition if it misses an attack roll.
Culmination. The cursed creature twists into a deformed figure and becomes a Herald of Calamity.
spells
This spell curses a creature with the loss of memories and horrific madness. The target must make an Intelligence saving throw against your spell save DC.
Successful Saving Throw. On a successful
prevent. The cursed creature is compelled to take any action it believes necessary to uncover this conspiracy. The creature can’t take Bonus Actions.
Culmination. The cursed creature twists into a deformed figure and becomes a Dream Whisperer.
spells
This spell curses a creature with an obsessive self-infatuation. The target must make a Charisma saving throw against your spell save DC.
Successful Saving Throw. On a successful save, the target
Disadvantage on attack rolls from its obsession with its own appearance.Culmination.The cursed creature twists into a deformed figure and becomes a Weeping Willow.
spells
This spell curses a creature with a putrefying and stinking pox. The target must make a Charisma saving throw against your spell save DC.
Successful Saving Throw. On a successful save, the target
, infesting its clothes. The cursed creature can’t regain Hit Points except by spending Hit Point Dice after finishing a Short or Long Rest.Culmination. The cursed creature twists into a deformed figure and becomes a Plague Carrion.
spells
This spell curses a creature with horrific aging. The target must make a Strength saving throw against your spell save DC.Successful Saving Throw. On a successful save, the target takes 2d10 Necrotic
damage and is aware it was targeted by a curse. For 1 minute, the target has Vulnerability to Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing damage (you choose when you cast the spell).Initial Effect. On a
spells
This spell curses a creature with a bitter and self-destructive greed. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC.
Successful Saving Throw. On a successful save, the
trinkets into a labyrinth of possessions and treasure. The cursed creature desires to remain in this lair. The creature can’t take Reactions.
Culmination. The cursed creature twists into a deformed figure and becomes a Verminous Abomination.
spells
This spell curses a creature with painful and unending starvation. The target must make a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC.
Successful Saving Throw. On a successful save, the
becomes ravenous and is compelled to consume the flesh of Humanoids. No other food satiates it. The creature can’t have Advantage on D20 Tests.
Culmination. The cursed creature twists into a deformed figure and becomes a Bloated Gastromorph.
This spell curses a creature with an uncontrollable temper and a lust for violence. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC.
Successful Saving Throw. On a successful
there are enemies to slaughter. The cursed creature gains no benefit from its Short or Long Rests.
Culmination. The cursed creature twists into a deformed figure and becomes an Avatar of Slaughter.
spells
This spell curses a creature with painful hypersensitivity to physical sensations. The target must make a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC.
Successful Saving Throw. On a
leave this lair and has Vulnerability to all damage except for Psychic damage while outside its lair.Culmination. The cursed creature twists into a deformed figure and becomes a Sightless Agony.
spells
This spell curses a creature with narcissistic hubris. The target must make an Intelligence saving throw against your spell save DC.
Successful Saving Throw. On a successful save, the target takes
Test it makes.
Culmination. The cursed creature twists into a deformed figure and becomes a Mind Siphon.
GM TipsIf a player’s character turns into a monster after the Culmination of a curse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Twists A twist can complicate a story and make it harder for the characters to complete their goals. Twists d10 Twist 1 The adventurers are racing against other creatures with the same or
adventurers have two different goals, but they can complete only one. 8 Completing the goal secretly helps the villain. 9 The adventurers must cooperate with a known enemy to achieve the goal. 10 The adventurers are under magical compulsion (such as a geas spell) to complete their goal.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Twists A twist can complicate a story and make it harder for the characters to complete their goals. Twists d10 Twist 1 The adventurers are racing against other creatures with the same or
adventurers have two different goals, but they can complete only one. 8 Completing the goal secretly helps the villain. 9 The adventurers must cooperate with a known enemy to achieve the goal. 10 The adventurers are under magical compulsion (such as a geas spell) to complete their goal.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
minutes The ground in a 20-foot radius centered on a point within range twists and sprouts hard spikes and thorns. The area becomes difficult terrain for the duration. When a creature moves into or
within the area, it takes 2d4 piercing damage for every 5 feet it travels. The transformation of the ground is camouflaged to look natural. Any creature that can’t see the area at the time the spell is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
minutes The ground in a 20-foot radius centered on a point within range twists and sprouts hard spikes and thorns. The area becomes difficult terrain for the duration. When a creature moves into or
within the area, it takes 2d4 piercing damage for every 5 feet it travels. The transformation of the ground is camouflaged to look natural. Any creature that can’t see the area at the time the spell is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
minutes The ground in a 20-foot radius centered on a point within range twists and sprouts hard spikes and thorns. The area becomes difficult terrain for the duration. When a creature moves into or
within the area, it takes 2d4 piercing damage for every 5 feet it travels. The transformation of the ground is camouflaged to look natural. Any creature that can’t see the area at the time the spell is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
minutes The ground in a 20-foot radius centered on a point within range twists and sprouts hard spikes and thorns. The area becomes difficult terrain for the duration. When a creature moves into or
within the area, it takes 2d4 piercing damage for every 5 feet it travels. The transformation of the ground is camouflaged to look natural. Any creature that can’t see the area at the time the spell is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Confusion 4th-level enchantment Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S, M (three nut shells) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute This spell assaults and twists creatures’ minds
, spawning delusions and provoking uncontrolled action. Each creature in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on a point you choose within range must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw when you cast this spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Confusion 4th-level enchantment Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S, M (three nut shells) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute This spell assaults and twists creatures’ minds
, spawning delusions and provoking uncontrolled action. Each creature in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on a point you choose within range must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw when you cast this spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Confusion 4th-level enchantment Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S, M (three nut shells) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute This spell assaults and twists creatures’ minds
, spawning delusions and provoking uncontrolled action. Each creature in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on a point you choose within range must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw when you cast this spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Confusion 4th-level enchantment Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S, M (three nut shells) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute This spell assaults and twists creatures’ minds
, spawning delusions and provoking uncontrolled action. Each creature in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on a point you choose within range must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw when you cast this spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
home plane. Extradimensional Space. Extradimensional spaces, demiplanes, and pocket dimensions—such as those created by a bag of holding or the rope trick spell—function within Sigil, but those
summoning, instead summon targets from within Sigil if possible or otherwise fail. Effects that summon a specific target from outside Sigil, as with a Leomund’s secret chest spell, fail automatically
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
until they are promoted to a higher form of devil, most commonly an imp. A lemure resembles a molten mass of flesh with a vaguely humanoid head and torso. A permanent expression of anguish twists
.
Hellish Rejuvenation. A lemure that dies in the Nine Hells comes back to life with all its hit points in 1d10 days unless it is killed by a good-aligned creature with a bless spell cast on that creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
home plane. Extradimensional Space. Extradimensional spaces, demiplanes, and pocket dimensions—such as those created by a bag of holding or the rope trick spell—function within Sigil, but those
summoning, instead summon targets from within Sigil if possible or otherwise fail. Effects that summon a specific target from outside Sigil, as with a Leomund’s secret chest spell, fail automatically
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
until they are promoted to a higher form of devil, most commonly an imp. A lemure resembles a molten mass of flesh with a vaguely humanoid head and torso. A permanent expression of anguish twists
.
Hellish Rejuvenation. A lemure that dies in the Nine Hells comes back to life with all its hit points in 1d10 days unless it is killed by a good-aligned creature with a bless spell cast on that creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
damage. When you make a successful attack roll (one kind of D20 Test), you roll damage to see how effective the attack is. When you cast a spell, you might also roll damage. Different weapons and
spells use different dice for damage. For example, a Dagger uses 1d4, a Greataxe uses 1d12, and a Fireball spell uses 8d6. Random Tables Occasionally, you’ll see a table that uses a die roll to generate a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Karontor’s Hold Magic The Far Realm intrusion flowing from the well in Karontor’s Hold twists space and time in and around the keep to a range of 6 miles. The enclave has the following properties
gains a psychic gift of its choice: either the ability to cast the dimension door spell requiring no spell components, or the use of a mind flayer’s Mind Blast action. The psychic gift fades when the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Karontor’s Hold Magic The Far Realm intrusion flowing from the well in Karontor’s Hold twists space and time in and around the keep to a range of 6 miles. The enclave has the following properties
gains a psychic gift of its choice: either the ability to cast the dimension door spell requiring no spell components, or the use of a mind flayer’s Mind Blast action. The psychic gift fades when the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
damage. When you make a successful attack roll (one kind of D20 Test), you roll damage to see how effective the attack is. When you cast a spell, you might also roll damage. Different weapons and
spells use different dice for damage. For example, a Dagger uses 1d4, a Greataxe uses 1d12, and a Fireball spell uses 8d6. Random Tables Occasionally, you’ll see a table that uses a die roll to generate a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
damage. When you make a successful attack roll (one kind of D20 Test), you roll damage to see how effective the attack is. When you cast a spell, you might also roll damage. Different weapons and
spells use different dice for damage. For example, a Dagger uses 1d4, a Greataxe uses 1d12, and a Fireball spell uses 8d6. Random Tables Occasionally, you’ll see a table that uses a die roll to generate a