# Sample Mental Stress Effects
*Source: Dungeon Master's Guide (2024) p. 70*
**Sample Mental Stress Effects**
| Example | Save DC | Psychic Damage |
|---------|---------|----------------|
| A character ingests a hallucinogenic substance that distorts the character's perception of reality. | 10 | `d6` |
| A character touches a fiendish idol that tears at the character's mind, threatening to shatter it. | 15 | `3d6` |
| A magical trap flings a character into the Far Realm until the end of that character's next turn. | 20 | `9d6` |
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