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Long-Term Madness

A character afflicted with long-term madness is subjected to an effect from the table below for .

d100Effect
01–10The character feels compelled to repeat a specific activity over and over, such as washing hands, touching things, praying, or counting coins.
11–20The character experiences vivid hallucinations and has disadvantage on ability checks.
21–30The character suffers extreme paranoia. The character has disadvantage on Wisdom and Charisma checks.
31–40The character regards something (usually the source of madness) with intense revulsion, as if affected by the antipathy effect of the antipathy/sympathy spell.
41–45The character experiences a powerful delusion. Choose a potion. The character imagines that they are under its effects.
46–55The character becomes attached to a "lucky charm," such as a person or an object, and has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws while more than 30ft from it.
56–65The character is blinded (25%) or deafened (75%).
66–75The character experiences uncontrollable tremors or tics, which impose disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws that involve Strength or Dexterity.
76–85The character suffers from partial amnesia. The character knows who they are and retains racial traits and class features, but doesn't recognize other people or remember anything that happened before the madness took effect.
86–90Whenever the character takes damage, they must succeed on a
DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be affected as though they failed a save against the confusion spell. The confusion effect lasts for 1 minute.
91–95The character loses the ability to speak.
96–100The character falls unconscious. No amount of jostling or damage can wake the character.

Cure: calm emotions suppresses the effect. Lesser restoration ends long-term madness.

  • name Long-Term Madness
  • type madness
  • description Lasts 1d10 × 10 hours. Roll d100 to determine the effect.