>At the DM’s option, you may choose an alternative curse effect, but it should be no more powerful than those described.
>• Choose one ability score. While cursed, the target has disadvantage on ability checks and saving throws made with that ability score.
>• While cursed, the target has disadvantage on attack rolls against you.
>• While cursed, the target must make a Wisdom saving throw at the start of each of its turns. If it fails, it wastes its action that turn doing nothing.
>• While the target is cursed, your attacks and spells deal an extra 1d8 necrotic damage to the target.
What are some good curse ideas within this scope of power?
>While cursed, the target no longer can taste their favorite foods
>While cursed, the target loses their sense of time (they incorrectly assume they spend either twice or half as long [randomly decided] doing any given task)
>While cursed, the target has disadvantage on all strength and dexterity checks and saving throws made to climb or avoid falling, and they take an additional 1d6 damage from any fall.
Which game are you playing? What does your party consist of?
>>46641775
These are the 5e D&D Bestow Curse rules.
>>46641751
The target can't get a good night's sleep.
>>46641751
Exhausting Paranoia
>Target hallucinates shadowy figures darting just out of view, Target imagines whispering just out of hearing range
>Target must make Wisdom save in order to rest. Failure on a long rest attempt result in a short rest. Failure on a short rest attempt results in no rest.
Target has disadvantage on Wisdom and Charisma checks, and is vulnerable to force damage.
>>46641751
>• While cursed, the target must make a Wisdom saving throw at the start of each of its turns. If it fails, it wastes its action that turn doing nothing.
Jesus, I forgot how powerful that is.
While cursed, the target is intensely aroused but cannot find release.
>>46645225
Alright, which of you fuckers let the bard in again?
>>46641751
>while cursed, target becomes obsessed with one object you can see while casting.
>while cursed, the target craves some non-food material specified while casting
>>46645234
The dick-ass thief, obviously.
In a recent "tell us about your character" thread someone had a hard fighting, hard fucking famale barbarian character. To get around the fact that the PC would be pregnant all the time from her antics the background was fluffed that she deliberately sought out a curse that prevented conception.
>>46644743
Too real, man. Too real...
Curse of Bender, sobriety impairs you.
Curse of Lego, sharp pebbles are conjured underfoot every d# turns.
Curse of the Egoless, wisdom check to see if events are happening or part of one's inner thoughts.
Curse of the Student, upon attempting to sleep, subject is reminded of all the important things they may/may not have forgotten to do.
Curse of Stage Fright, make a wisdom save when doing any action you are proficient in, on a fail, temporarily lose proficiency
Curse of Generosity, compelled to tip others for real or imagined services rendered.
Curse of Curse Awareness, subject is acutely aware at all times a curse is on them, but cannot ascertain how it affects them.
Curse of Tortilla Chip, no matter how benign, subject's meals now hurts them in some way.
Curse of Mediocrity, subtract 1 from all dice rolls of 10+, add 1 to all dice rolls of 9 and below.
>>46646478
>Curse of Tortilla Chip, no matter how benign, subject's meals now hurts them in some way.
>drowning in broth
>biting hard candy too early
>burning the roof of your mouth with pizza
Calm down Hitler
>>46646219
>Curse of Lego
Satan.
>>46646478
>Curse of Tortilla Chip
>Popcorn husk stuck in gum
>Not that bad but kind of distracting. Hasn't hurt you yet.
>... Ok, maybe really fucking distracting.
>Tongue it til tongue sore
>Try fingernails
>Tweesers
>A damn knife
>Slip andgouge gums
>The curse strikes again
>Curse of Fresca
>You have a discount on purchasing Fresca products
>>46644743
Actually, preventing the afflicted from taking rests would be an extremely devastating curse effect.
Too bad the spell needs to be cast at at lest 4th level in order for its duration to exceed a minute, or this would be cool.
>>46645463
You could just use the madness table if you were going to go with effects like that.
>>46647999
Good ide-
>Upside down satan
GODDAMNIT
This one is good for a high magic modern setting
>Curse of Earwax
You begin to produce higher than average amounts of earwax. You must clean your ears out once every two days or be deafened by the amount of earwax and suffer a -1 to your CHA bonus.
>>46641751
I have an idea for a cursed ring.
I'll summarize as I don't have my notes on me.
Ring of Cannibalism
>Once attuned, cannot be removed except for remove curse.
>Once the wearer puts on the ring, they must make a DC 20 CON saving throw (not sure if CON or WIS)
>On a pass, they resist "The Hunger", but still cannot remove the ring
>On a fail, They fall victim: Moves alignment to evil (no RP or character change required, simply changes them to detect evil working and such)
>If they have The Hunger, they desire to eat flesh of their species (halfies can settle for either, but half elf->half elf is preferred)
>They can choose not to, but their stats start lowering the longer they go without
>If they do indulge, stats and certain bonuses' are awarded
>eventually the ring causes madness in those who do eat, though.
>appearance also eventually changes, and people lose trust of the wearer.
>When the target takes a short rest, he or she must discard a hit die with no effect for every hit die they spend on healing.
>the target cannot add their proficiency bonus to any ability check
>whenever the target attacks, their weapon chips and wears down. Mechanically, treat this like every enemy of the target has the Rust Monster's "Rust Metal" ability
>the target's speed is halved.
>at the beginning of each turn, the target makes a Con save against being poisoned until the beginning of its next turn.
>the target gains vulnerability to one damage type of your choice
>the target must make a Strength save to take the Use an Object action, or do anything like picking up items, opening or closing doors, etc.
>>46645837
Wouldn't it be easier for her to just use tansy or ask a shaman for a contraception spell?Or constantly be pregnant all the time because this is my fetish.
I just got a new idea for a curse...
>While cursed, the target is overcome by shame about past actionslike their high school time.
I really like to use the negative quirks (directly or as inspiration) from darkest dungeon as curses.
A few examples:
-Curse of Guilt: Bears the crushing guilt of deeds real and imagined.
-Curse of Softness: Reduces MAX HP
-Curse of Obsession: Target obsesses over weird things and therefore gets a penalty to CHA and sometimes has to make WIS checks at certain points (obsessed with death -> has to check out corpses even in combat)
>>46641751
>while cursed, target believes is convinced they don't speak their original language but [insert setting's equivalent of Chinese] - cannot make themselves understood to anybody
>while cursed, target is acutely aware of any disarray no matter how benign and feels a critical compulsion to fix things (-2 on all ability checks, -1 on all saving throws until target follows that compulsion). An example of disarray could be for example a fingernail on the enemy's hand that is slightly longer than the others. Another example is a telephone number that follows the Fibonacci sequence up to that one digit that is 9 even though it should be 8.
>while cursed, target recognizes their own mortality and the limits to their power. Alignment changes to CN as the target cannot see the benefit in pursuing neither altruistic nor egoistic goals and cannot perceive the point of rules any more. The target dyes their hair black, writes poems about how nobody can understand them and listens to dark music.
>while cursed the target can see a fly sitting on their right eyeball. Roll vs WIS every 10 turns to avoid scratching out your own eye.
>while cursed, the target's crotch emanates an intense light that cannot be contained by clothes. Metal armor can contain it but quickly heats up and burns the skin if not removed.
>while cursed, the target unconsciously believes that any fighting is only make-believe. Spells and arrows are aimed so as to miss their targets, melee attacks are executed with too little force to actually hurt.
>>46651730
>unconsciously
*subconsciously
>>46650623
That's a Save vs. Death effect.
>>46651578
>(obsessed with death -> has to check out corpses even in combat)
Leonidas please control yoursefl
>Curse of Fhqwhgads
>While cursed, all memories of your loved ones' names and locations are replaced with strings of gibberish, rendering them very difficult to track down.
>>46655643
>it pushes you to the limit
