Lingering Injuries

Bludgeoning

1-2: Broken Leg

Your walking speed is halved, as is your jump distance. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A DC 15 Medicine check can be used to halve the remaining recovery time. You can expend one charge of a Healer's Kit to reduce this DC to 10.

3-4: Broken Arm

You lose the use of one arm. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A DC 15 Medicine check can be used to halve the remaining recovery time. You can expend one charge of a Healers Kit to reduce this DC to 10.

5-6: Broken Nose

You have disadvantage on Perception checks relying on smell. This heals after 2 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 25 points of magical healing. A DC 15 Medicine check can be used to halve the remaining recovery time. You can expend one charge of a Healer's Kit to reduce this DC to 10.

7: Broken Ribs

Whenever you attempt to take an action in combat, you must make a DC 10 Con save or lose the action. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A DC 20 Medicine check with a Healer's Kit can be used to halve the remaining recovery time.

8: Internal Bruising

You have vulnerability to bludgeoning, force, and thunder damage. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing.

9: Concussion

You have disadvantage on Wis and Int checks, as well as Con saves to maintain concentration. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing.

0: Amnesia

You begin acting on instinct for the remainder of the fight. If you stay conscious until there is no immediate threat, you fall unconscious immediately after combat is over. Regardless of whether you went unconscious during combat or afterwards, when you wake up, you do not remember anything that happened 2d4 hours leading up to when you were KO'd. A Greater Restoration spell can restore the lost memories.

Piercing

1-2: Torn Leg Muscle

Your walking speed is reduced by 5ft, and your jump distance is halved. If you attempt to Dash, you must make a DC 10 Dex save or fall Prone afterwards. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A DC 15 Medicine check can be used to halve the remaining recovery time. You can expend one charge of a Healer's Kit to reduce this DC to 10.

3-4: Torn Arm Muscle

You lose the use of one arm. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A DC 15 Medicine check can be used to halve the remaining recovery time. You can expend one charge of a Healer's Kit to reduce this DC to 10.

5-6: Groin Injury

You are sterile, and you have disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks. This heals after 2 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 25 points of magical healing. A DC 15 Medicine check can be used to halve the remaining recovery time. You can expend one charge of a Healer's Kit to reduce this DC to 10.

7: Cardiac Injury

You gain one level of Exhaustion. This level cannot be removed by normal means, but heals after 4 weeks of rest or 50 points of magical healing. A DC 20 Medicine check with a Healer's Kit can be used to halve the remaining recovery time.

8: Ruptured Organ

When you gain this injury, and again at the end of each long rest you take, make a DC 10 Con save. On a failure, your maximum HP is reduced by 1. If your maximum HP reaches 0, you die. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A DC 20 Medicine check with a Healer's Kit can be used to end this effect early.

9: Lose an Eye

If you still have at least one eye, you have disadvantage on Perception checks relying on sight. If you only had one eye to lose, you are Blind.

0: Internal Bleeding

At the start of each of your turns, you take 1d4 points of Necrotic damage. If this damage brings you to 0 HP and you choose to spend a hit die to remain standing, you suffer Minor Blood Loss from the Necrotic table. The bleeding can be stopped with any magical healing, a charge of a Healer's Kit, or a DC 15 medicine check.

Slashing

1-2: Lose 1d4 Fingers

You have disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks relying on the hand that lost the fingers, and you cannot perform somatic components with that hand.

3-4: Horrible Disfigurement

You have disadvantage on Persuasion checks, and advantage on Intimidation checks. Magical healing of 6th level and higher can remove the scar.

5-6: Eye Injury

You have disadvantage on Perception checks relying on sight. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A DC 15 Medicine check can be used to halve the remaining recovery time. You can expend one charge of a Healer's Kit to reduce this DC to 10.

7: Lose a Leg

At the start of each of your turns, you take 1 point of necrotic damage from bleeding. The bleeding can be stopped with any magical healing, a charge of a Healer's Kit, or a DC 10 Medicine check. In addition, your base walking speed is reduced to 5ft. If you still have at least one leg, you can use a crutch or cane to move at half your original base speed.

8: Lose an Arm

At the start of each of your turns, you take 1 point of necrotic damage from bleeding. The bleeding can be stopped with any magical healing, a charge of a Healer's Kit, or a DC 10 Medicine check. In addition, you lose the use of one arm.

9: Ruptured Tendons

Your walking speed is halved, and if you walk more than 5ft in a round, you take 1 point of slashing damage for every 5 ft you walk. If this damage reduces you to 0 HP, you suffer the effects of a Torn Leg Muscle from the piercing table. Otherwise, this heals after 1 week of rest, or when you receive any magical healing. A DC 10 Medicine check or a charge of a Healer's Kit can be used to end this effect early.

0: Hemorrhaging Wound

At the end of each of your turns, you take 1d4 points of Necrotic damage. If this damage brings you to 0 HP and you choose to spend a hit die to remain standing, you suffer Minor Blood Loss from the Necrotic table. The bleeding can be stopped with any magical healing, a charge of a Healer's Kit, or a DC 15 medicine check.

Ballistic

1-2: Torn Leg Muscle

Your walking speed is reduced by 5ft, and your jump distance is halved. If you attempt to Dash, you must make a DC 10 Dex save or fall Prone afterwards. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A DC 15 Medicine check can be used to halve the remaining recovery time. You can expend one charge of a Healer's Kit to reduce this DC to 10.

3-4: Torn Arm Muscle

You lose the use of one arm. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A DC 15 Medicine check can be used to halve the remaining recovery time. You can expend one charge of a Healer's Kit to reduce this DC to 10.

5-6: Groin Injury

You are sterile, and you have disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks. This heals after 2 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 25 points of magical healing. A DC 15 Medicine check can be used to halve the remaining recovery time. You can expend one charge of a Healer's Kit to reduce this DC to 10.

7: Lodged Fragment

You have a small foreign object, such as a bullet, stuck deep in your torso. Until the object is surgically removed with a DC 15 Medicine check using a Healers Kit, you have one level of Exhaustion. The DC increases to 20 after the entry wound has been healed - either magically or through 1 week of rest.

8: Ruptured Organ

When you gain this injury, and again at the end of each long rest you take, make a DC 10 Con save. On a failure, your maximum HP is reduced by 1. If your maximum HP reaches 0, you die. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A DC 20 Medicine check with a Healer's Kit can be used to end this effect early.

9: Lose an Eye

If you still have at least one eye, you have disadvantage on Perception checks relying on sight. If you only had one eye to lose, you are Blind.

0: Internal Bleeding

At the start of each of your turns, you take 1d4 points of Necrotic damage. If this damage brings you to 0 HP and you choose to spend a hit die to remain standing, you suffer Minor Blood Loss from the Necrotic table. The bleeding can be stopped with any magical healing, a charge of a Healer's Kit, or a DC 15 medicine check.

Friction

1-2: Severe Abrasion

You have disadvantage on ability checks and Con saves to maintain concentration. This heals after 1 week of rest, or when you receive any magical healing. A DC 10 Medicine check or a charge of a Healer's Kit can be used to end this effect early.

3-4: Horrible Disfigurement

You have disadvantage on Persuasion checks, and advantage on Intimidation checks. Magical healing of 6th level and higher can remove the scar.

5-6: Facial Fracture

When casting a spell, you must make a Con check to perform Verbal components correctly, with a DC equal to 10 + the spell's level. This heals after 2 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 25 points of magical healing. A DC 15 Medicine check can be used to halve the remaining recovery time. You can expend one charge of a Healer's Kit to reduce this DC to 10.

7: Degloved Foot

At the start of each of your turns, you take 1 point of necrotic damage from bleeding. The bleeding can be stopped with any magical healing, a charge of a Healer's Kit, or a DC 10 Medicine check. In addition, your base walking speed is reduced to 5ft. If you still have at least one working leg, you can use a crutch or cane to move at half your original base speed.

8: Degloved Hand

At the start of each of your turns, you take 1 point of necrotic damage from bleeding. The bleeding can be stopped with any magical healing, a charge of a Healer's Kit, or a DC 10 Medicine check. In addition, you lose the use of one hand.

9: Ruptured Tendons

Your walking speed is halved, and if you walk more than 5ft in a round, you take 1 point of slashing damage for every 5 ft you walk. If this damage reduces you to 0 HP, you suffer the effects of a Torn Leg Muscle from the piercing table. Otherwise, this heals after 1 week of rest, or when you receive any magical healing. A DC 10 Medicine check or a charge of a Healer's Kit can be used to end this effect early.

0: Avulsion

At the end of each of your turns, you take 1d4 points of Necrotic damage. If this damage brings you to 0 HP and you choose to spend a hit die to remain standing, you suffer Minor Blood Loss from the Necrotic table. The bleeding can be stopped with any magical healing, a charge of a Healer's Kit, or a DC 15 medicine check.

Acid

1-2: Lose 1d4 fingers

You have disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks relying on the hand that lost the fingers, and cannot perform somatic components with that hand.

3-4: Horrible Disfigurement

You have disadvantage on Persuasion checks, and advantage on Intimidation checks. Magical healing of 6th level and higher can remove the scar.

5-6: Exposed Bones

You have vulnerability to bludgeoning damage. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A DC 15 Medicine check can be used to halve the remaining recovery time. You can expend one charge of a Healer's Kit to reduce this DC to 10.

7: Neuralgia

Whenever you attempt to take an action in combat, you must make a DC 10 Con save or lose the action. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A charge of a Healer's Kit can be used to suppress this effect for 24 hours.

8: Destroyed Hand

You lose the use of one hand.

9: Destroyed Foot

Your walking speed is halved, as is your jump distance.

0: Partial Blindness

You can see 5ft in bright light, and are Blind otherwise. Your vision returns slowly, 5ft. per day, going back to normal after 2 weeks. If you had Darkvision, it takes 4 weeks of rest for your Darkvision to function again. Any magical healing, a Lesser Restoration spell, or a DC 20 Medicine check with a Healer's Kit can restore your eyesight instantly.

Cold

1-2: Hypothermia

You gain one level of Exhaustion. This cannot be removed by a long rest in a cold climate. While you have this Exhaustion, you are immune to Heat Stroke.

3-4: Partial Freeze

You are Restrained. This ends when you use an Action to make a DC 20 Strength check and break free, or when you take any Fire damage.

5-6: Thermal Shock

You have vulnerability to Fire damage for the next minute.

7: Frostbitten Foot

Your walking speed is reduced by 5ft, and your jump distance is halved. If you attempt to Dash, you must make a DC 10 Dex save or fall Prone. Once in a warm climate, the frostbite can be held back with a DC 10 Medicine check, a charge of a Healer's Kit, or any magical healing. If treated, it will heal in 4 weeks of rest, or with 50 points of magical healing. If not treated within 48 hours, the foot will be destroyed.

8: Frostbitten Hand

You have disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks relying on the damaged hand, and cannot perform somatic components with it. Once in a warm climate, the frostbite can be held back with a DC 10 Medicine check, a charge of a Healer's Kit, or any magical healing. If treated, it will heal in 4 weeks, or with 50 points of magical healing. If not treated within 48 hours, the hand will be destroyed.

9: Neuralgia

Whenever you attempt to take an action in combat, you must make a DC 10 Con save or lose the action. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A charge of a Healer's Kit can be used to suppress this effect for 24 hours.

0: Cellular Damage

You have disadvantage on Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution checks and saving throws. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A DC 15 Medicine check can be used to halve the remaining recovery time. You can expend one charge of a Healer's Kit to reduce this DC to 10.

Fire

1-2: Heat Stroke

You gain one level of Exhaustion. This level cannot be removed by a long rest in a hot climate. While you have this Exhaustion, you are immune to Hypothermia.

3-4: Horrible Disfigurement

You have disadvantage on Persuasion checks, and advantage on Intimidation checks. Magical healing of 6th level and higher can remove the scar.

5-6: First Degree Burns

If you already have first or second degree burns, you receive the next degree up instead. Otherwise, you have vulnerability to fire damage for the next 24 hours. The next time you take any fire damage while vulnerable during this time, the vulnerability ends, and you suffer second degree burns. A DC 10 Medicine check, a charge of a Healer's Kit, or any magical healing will end the vulnerability early.

7: Second Degree Burns

If you already have first or second degree burns, you receive third degree burns instead. Otherwise, you have disadvantage on Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution checks. This heals after 2 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 25 points of magical healing. A DC 15 Medicine check can be used to halve the remaining recovery time. You can expend one charge of a Healer's Kit to reduce this DC to 10.

8: Third Degree Burns

You have disadvantage on Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution checks and saving throws. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A DC 20 Medicine check with a Healer's Kit can be used to halve the remaining recovery time.

9: Neuralgia

Whenever you attempt to take an action in combat, you must make a DC 10 Con save or lose the action. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A charge of a Healer's Kit can be used to suppress this effect for 24 hours.

0: Burning Flesh

At the start of each of your turns, you take 1d4 fire damage, and your maximum HP is reduced by an equal amount. The fire can be extinguished by using an Action, and your maximum HP can be restored by a long rest.

Force

1-2: Wild Magic

Roll on the Wild Magic Table until you get a surge that affects only you. Whatever the effect is, it lasts for 2 weeks (recurring daily if it is an instantaneous effect), or until you receive a Lesser Restoration spell.

3-4: Magic Vulnerability

You have disadvantage on saving throws against spells. This heals after 2 weeks of rest, or when you receive a Lesser Restoration spell.

5-6: Arcana Sickness

You have disadvantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma checks. This heals after 2 weeks of rest, or when you receive a Lesser Restoration spell.

7: Soul Tear

Every time you become unconscious and unstable, you automatically fail one death saving throw. This damage can be healed with a Greater Restoration spell.

8: Arcane Impairment

If you are a spellcaster, you lose the use of one spell slot of your highest level. If you are not a spellcaster, you lose one attunement slot instead. You regain it after 4 weeks of rest, or with a Greater Restoration spell.

9: Blindness to the Mundane

You are constantly under the effect of Detect Magic, but you are Blinded and cannot see anything nonmagical. This heals after 2 weeks of rest, or with a Lesser Restoration spell.

0: Banishment

You shift to the Border Ethereal, if possible. If you are still there after 3d8 hours pass, you shift back to the Material Plane.

Lightning

1-2: Fibrillation

You have disadvantage on Constitution checks and saving throws. This heals after 2 weeks of rest, any magical healing, or after taking exactly 1 point of lightning damage.

3-4: Muscle Spasms

You have disadvantage on Dexterity checks. This heals after 2 weeks of rest. The effect can be healed early with any magical healing, a DC 10 Medicine check, or a charge of a Healer's Kit.

5-6: Minor Brain Damage

You have disadvantage on Wis and Int checks, as well as Con saves to maintain concentration. This heals after 2 weeks of rest, or when you receive any magical healing.

7: Cardiac Injury

You gain one level of Exhaustion. This level cannot be removed by normal means, but heals after 4 weeks of rest or 50 points of magical healing. A DC 20 Medicine check with a Healer's Kit can be used to halve the remaining recovery time.

8: Arc Flash Burn

Roll on the Fire injury table.

9: Severe Nerve Damage

You can no longer feel pain, and thus can no longer track your own hit points. Instead, the DM secretly keeps track for you, and tells you when you are bloodied or unconscious. You also automatically succeed on Con saves to maintain concentration after taking damage. Magical healing of 6th level and higher can restore your nervous system.

0: Cardiac Arrest

You drop prone, and are Stunned. At the end of each of your turns while Stunned, you can make a DC 10 Con save. If a creature uses their Action to perform CPR on you, you have advantage on this save. On a successful save, you are no longer Stunned. On a failed save, you gain one failed death saving throw. If you reach 3 failed death saves, you die regardless of your current HP.

Necrotic

1-2: Minor Blood Loss

You have disadvantage on Con checks and saving throws. This heals after 2 weeks of rest, when you receive any magical healing, or receive a blood transfusion. If you already have Minor Blood Loss, you instead gain Major Blood Loss.

3-4: Decaying Flesh

You are Poisoned, and you reek of decay. All creatures within 5ft. of you that can smell you must make a DC 10 Con save at the start of their turn or be Poisoned until the start of their next turn. Magical healing of 6th level and higher can remove the decay.

5-6: Withered Complexion

You have disadvantage on Persuasion checks, and advantage on Intimidation checks. Magical healing of 6th level and higher can remove the scarring.

7: Major Blood Loss

You gain one level of Exhaustion. This level cannot be removed by normal means, but heals after 4 weeks of rest or 50 points of magical healing. It can be healed instantly by receiving a blood transfusion.

8: Premature Aging

You age by a number of years equal to 1/4 of your race's average lifespan. Your age can be restored to normal with a Greater Restoration spell.

9: Organ Necrosis

When you gain this injury, and again at the end of each long rest you take, make a DC 10 Con save. On a failure, your maximum HP is reduced by 1. If your maximum HP reaches 0, you die. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A DC 20 Medicine check with a Healer's Kit or a Greater Restoration spell can be used to end this effect early.

0: Call of Vengeance

If the damage was not dealt directly by a creature, you suffer no injury. If the damage was dealt by a creature, you immediately die, without making death saving throws. If the creature that killed you (or its master, if you knew it had one) is still alive 24 hours later, you become a Revenant, seeking revenge against the creature that killed you and whomever they may answer to.

Poison

1-2: Nausea

You have disadvantage on Con checks and saves. This gets better after 2 weeks. A DC 10 Medicine check, a charge of a Healer's Kit, any magical healing, or a Lesser Restoration spell can end the sickness early.

3-4: Vertigo

You have disadvantage on Dex checks and saves. This gets better after 2 weeks. A DC 10 Medicine check, a charge of a Healer's Kit, any magical healing, or a Lesser Restoration spell can end the sickness early.

5-6: Cardiac Injury

You gain one level of Exhaustion. This level cannot be removed by normal means, but heals after 4 weeks of rest or 50 points of magical healing. A DC 20 Medicine check with a Healer's Kit can be used to halve the remaining recovery time.

7: Kidney Failure

You have vulnerability to Poison damage, and disadvantage on Con saves against poison. Magical healing of 6th level or higher can end this effect.

8: Liver Damage

Each time you complete a long rest, you gain the Poisoned condition. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing.

9: Organ Necrosis

When you gain this injury, and again at the end of each long rest you take, make a DC 10 Con save. On a failure, your maximum HP is reduced by 1d4. If your maximum HP reaches 0, you die. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A DC 20 Medicine check with a Healer's Kit or a Greater Restoration spell can be used to end this effect early.

0: Cardiac Arrest

You drop prone, and are Stunned. At the end of each of your turns while Stunned, you can make a DC 10 Con save. If a creature uses their Action to perform CPR on you, you have advantage on this save. On a successful save, you are no longer Stunned. On a failed save, you gain one failed death saving throw. If you reach 3 failed death saves, you die regardless of your current HP.

Psychic

1-2: Short-Term Madness

Roll on the Short-Term Madness table. Your madness lasts for 1d4 hours, or until magically cured.

3-4: Crippling Doubt

You have disadvantage on Charisma checks and Wisdom saving throws. You regain your self confidence after 2 weeks of productive activity, or with a Lesser Restoration spell or similar magic.

5-6: Minor Brain Damage

You have disadvantage on Wis and Int checks, as well as Con saves to maintain concentration. This heals after 2 weeks of rest, or when you receive any magical healing.

7: Long-Term Madness

Roll on the Long-Term Madness table. Your madness lasts for 5d6 days, or until magically cured.

8: Phobia

You develop a debilitating fear of something in the situation from which you gained your injury. When you are confronted with your phobia, you are Frightened of it. This phobia can be cured with a Greater Restoration spell or similar magic.

9: Migraines

While in bright light, you have disadvantage on attack rolls and Perception checks that rely on sight. In addition, whenever you take Thunder damage, you are Stunned until the end of your next turn. These headaches go away after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A charge of a Healer's Kit can be used to suppress this effect for 24 hours.

0: Indefinite Madness

Roll on the Indefinite Madness table. Your madness lasts until magically cured.

Radiant

1-2: Curse

You are cursed with a random affliction from the Bestow Curse spell. This lasts until it is removed with a Remove Curse spell or similar magic.

3-4: Horrible Disfigurement

You have disadvantage on Persuasion checks, and advantage on Intimidation checks. Magical healing of 6th level and higher can remove the scarring.

5-6: Partial Blindness

You have disadvantage on Perception checks relying on sight. This can be cured with a Lesser Restoration spell or similar magic.

7: Radiant Burns

Roll on the Fire injury table.

8: Radiation Sickness

You are Poisoned. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing.

9: Cancer

Your Con decreases by 1. Any time you receive magical healing, or for every week this goes untreated, you must succeed on a DC 10 Con save, or your Con further decreases by 1. This can be cured by a Greater Restoration spell.

0: Alignment Shift

If you are Good or Evil, you become Neutral. If you were already Neutral, you become either Good or Evil (DM's choice). This can be reverted with a Greater Restoration spell.

Thunder

1-2: Tinnitus

You have disadvantage on Perception checks relying on hearing. This heals after 2 weeks, or when you receive any magical healing or a Lesser Restoration spell.

3-4: Migraines

You have disadvantage on Perception checks relying on Hearing, and relying on Sight while in bright light. These go awayt after 2 weeks of rest, or when you receive any magical healing.

5-6: Vertigo

You have disadvantage on Dex checks and saves. This gets better after 2 weeks. A DC 10 Medicine check, a charge of a Healer's Kit, any magical healing, or a Lesser Restoration spell can end the sickness early.

7: Deafness

You are Deafened. This can be healed by a Lesser Restoration spell or similar magic.

8: Concussion

You have disadvantage on Wis and Int checks, as well as Con saves to maintain concentration. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing.

9: Internal Bruising

You have vulnerability to bludgeoning, force, and thunder damage. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing.

0: Collapsed Lung

Whenever you attempt to take an action in combat, you must make a DC 10 Con save or lose the action. This heals after 4 weeks of rest, or when you receive at least 50 points of magical healing. A DC 20 Medicine check with a Healer's Kit can be used to halve the remaining recovery time.