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Doomful Duress in Dungeons & Dragons 5e

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Doomful Duress

1-level Enchantment

Casting Time: Action
Range/Area: 60 feet
Components: Verbal, Somatic, Material
Materials: a serpent’s head
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
Attack/Save: Wisdom Save
Damage/Effect: Psychic damage and psychic damage on hit

You utter a curse at a creature you can see within range, which must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, the target takes 2d8 psychic damage, and until the spell ends, it takes 1d6 psychic damage whenever you hit it with an attack, and you can impose disadvantage on one ability check, saving throw, or attack roll it makes (no action required). Remove Curse cast on the target dispels doomful duress.

In the case of a successful save or if a cursed target drops to 0 hit points, you can maintain your concentration on doomful duress and use an action on another turn to target a different creature. A creature that successfully saves cannot be targeted again with this casting of i.

At higher levels: The initial damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 1st, and you can maintain your concentration on the spell for a number of hours equal to the slot level.
Available for: Warlock

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