--- obsidianUIMode: preview cssclasses: json5e-note tags: - compendium/src/5e/dmg aliases: ["Short-Term Madness"] --- # Short-Term Madness *Source: SRD / Basic Rules* `dice: [](short-term-madness.md#^short-term-madness)` **Short-Term Madness** | dice: d100 | Effects (lasts 1d10 minutes) | |------------|------------------------------| | 01-20 | The character retreats into his or her mind and becomes [paralyzed](rules/conditions.md#paralyzed). The effect ends if the character takes any damage. | | 21-30 | The character becomes [incapacitated](rules/conditions.md#incapacitated) and spends the duration screaming, laughing, or weeping. | | 31-40 | The character becomes [frightened](rules/conditions.md#frightened) and must use his or her action and movement each round to flee from the source of the fear. | | 41-50 | The character begins babbling and is incapable of normal speech or spellcasting. | | 51-60 | The character must use his or her action each round to attack the nearest creature. | | 61-70 | The character experiences vivid hallucinations and has disadvantage on ability checks. | | 71-75 | The character does whatever anyone tells him or her to do that isn't obviously self-destructive. | | 76-80 | The character experiences an overpowering urge to eat something strange such as dirt, slime, or offal. | | 81-90 | The character is [stunned](rules/conditions.md#stunned). | | 91-100 | The character falls [unconscious](rules/conditions.md#unconscious). | ^short-term-madness