Conditions alter a creature's capabilities in a variety of ways and can arise as a result of a spell, a class feature, a monster's attack, or other effect. Most conditions, such as blinded, are impairments, but a few, such as invisible, can be advantageous.
A condition lasts either until it is countered (the prone condition is countered by standing up, for example) or for a duration specified by the effect that imposed the condition.
If multiple effects impose the same condition on a creature, each instance of the condition has its own duration, but the condition's effects don't get worse. A creature either has a condition or doesn't.
The following definitions specify what happens to a creature while it is subjected to a condition.
- [[Blinded]]
- [[Charmed]]
- [[Deafened]]
- [[Exhaustion]]
- [[Frightened]]
- [[Grappled]]
- [[Incapacitated]]
- [[Invisible]]
- [[Paralyzed]]
- [[Petrified]]
- [[Poisoned]]
- [[Prone]]
- [[Restrained]]
- [[Stunned]]
- [[Unconscious]]