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<blockquote data-quote="Lyxen" data-source="post: 8457610" data-attributes="member: 7032025"><p>Although similar to 3e, 5e has very limited rules in terms of ability damage (whereas 3e had tons of rules on ability damage and drain, etc.). Some people find it a bit of a shame, but this leads to complex rules in 3e about the effects, the conditions inflicted, the spells and abilities able to cure or alleviate all that. Instead, 5e aims to be a simple game, and the rules for draining are usually straight in a monster stat block. There are not that many who do it, otherwise it would really be a waste of space, but it has the advantage of being simple and of having the information at hand all the time.</p><p></p><p>So about what happened, I'm not sure what happened but it was probably shadows. Assuming it was something similar, the stat block simply says:</p><p></p><p>[SPOILER="...and the target's Strength score is reduced by 1d4. The target dies if this reduces its Strength to 0. Otherwise, the reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest. If a non-evil humanoid dies from this attack, a new shadow rises from the corpse 1d4 hours later."][/SPOILER]</p><p></p><p>And it it's not, your DM knows... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lyxen, post: 8457610, member: 7032025"] Although similar to 3e, 5e has very limited rules in terms of ability damage (whereas 3e had tons of rules on ability damage and drain, etc.). Some people find it a bit of a shame, but this leads to complex rules in 3e about the effects, the conditions inflicted, the spells and abilities able to cure or alleviate all that. Instead, 5e aims to be a simple game, and the rules for draining are usually straight in a monster stat block. There are not that many who do it, otherwise it would really be a waste of space, but it has the advantage of being simple and of having the information at hand all the time. So about what happened, I'm not sure what happened but it was probably shadows. Assuming it was something similar, the stat block simply says: [SPOILER="...and the target's Strength score is reduced by 1d4. The target dies if this reduces its Strength to 0. Otherwise, the reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest. If a non-evil humanoid dies from this attack, a new shadow rises from the corpse 1d4 hours later."][/SPOILER] And it it's not, your DM knows... ;) [/QUOTE]
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