role: public
title: Mishap Table
foundry:
  id: mishapTable00001
  base: RollTable
  data:
    name: Mishap Table
    formula: 1d20
    description: Backfires when a Spellcraft research attempt misses by 10+.
    img: "icons/magic/fire/explosion-fireball-large-orange.webp"
    results:
      - { range: [1, 3], name: "The caster takes 4d10 force damage and is knocked unconscious." }
      - { range: [4, 6], name: "A permanent visible scar appears at the spell's source point (hand, eye, throat)." }
      - { range: [7, 9], name: "The caster loses access to one currently-known spell of the target spell's level for 1d4 weeks." }
      - { range: [10, 12], name: "A creature, object, or feature within 30 ft is permanently transformed in a small way (hair to snakes, table to stone, doorknob to mouth, etc.)." }
      - { range: [13, 15], name: "The failure clouds the caster's thinking. They have disadvantage on all Intelligence (Arcana) checks for 1d4 weeks and cannot start a new spellcraft attempt during that window." }
      - { range: [16, 17], name: "The caster loses 1 Intelligence permanently. Restorable only via a 7th-level spell or a major plot beat." }
      - { range: [18, 18], name: "A hostile magical creature manifests, drawn by the disruption. CR equals the target spell's level." }
      - { range: [19, 20], name: "The caster acquires a permanent magical curse. Roll on the Curses table, or pick. Curses last until removed by remove curse, greater restoration, or a major plot beat." }