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Appendix A: Conditions
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.
[stat block: Blinded]
[stat block: Charmed]
[stat block: Deafened]
[stat block: Exhaustion]
[stat block: Frightened]
[stat block: Grappled]
[stat block: Incapacitated]
[stat block: Invisible]
[stat block: Paralyzed]
[stat block: Petrified]
[stat block: Poisoned]
[stat block: Prone]
[stat block: Restrained]
[stat block: Stunned]
[stat block: Unconscious]