d20 Heyoka Studios The Book of Curses.pdf

requires the use of the dungeons & dragons ® players handbook,

third edition , published by wizards of the coast ®

the book of

curses

Written by:

Rogan R. Hamby

Editing:

James Stubbs

Cover Art:

Socar Myles

Interior Art:

Stephen MacNeil

Erik Roman

Chris Stevens

James Stubbs

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Table of Contents

Introduction .............................................. 5

Arcane Curses .......................................... 7

Bitch Queen’s Embrace ........................................................................................ 7

Cackle of Parrots ................................................................................................... 9

Evil Eye ................................................................................................................. 11

Forgotten ............................................................................................................... 12

Out of Time ........................................................................................................... 14

Pox ........................................................................................................................ 15

Simply Perfect ....................................................................................................... 17

Skein of Circles ..................................................................................................... 18

Timwell’s Torturous Time ..................................................................................... 19

Vermin Kin ........................................................................................................... 21

Divine Curses ........................................... 23

Bless You ............................................................................................................... 23

Book Worn ............................................................................................................ 24

Chendrai’s Seclusion ............................................................................................. 26

Creeping Blue ....................................................................................................... 28

Devil’s Poker ......................................................................................................... 30

Enchanted .............................................................................................................. 31

Guardian of Grey .................................................................................................. 33

Mark of the Fallen ................................................................................................. 36

Opuline .................................................................................................................. 37

Treasured ............................................................................................................... 38

Lycanthropy ............................................. 40

Vampirism ............................................... 50

The Risen Vampire ................................................................................................ 51

The Elder ............................................................................................................... 52

The Ancient One ................................................................................................... 53

The Undying Lord ................................................................................................. 53

The Sybarist .......................................................................................................... 57

The Sin Eater ......................................................................................................... 61

Never made it as a wise man

I couldn’t cut it as a poor man stealing

Tired of living as a blind man

...

This is how you remind me of what I really am.

Nickleback

Curses are magical twists of fate that horrify and enlighten. Unlike a ireball directed purely

by will, a curse is backed by the authority of .... well, something . The horsemen of the Qo

Sho Nu nation call curses the spears of destiny, cast down by the Horse Mother to avenge.

The blind mystics of the walled city of Orin say that it is merely a dreadful symmetry. And

if the DM has chosen the right way to bring them in curses should be fun for the players

and miserable for the characters. After all, although the DM isn’t the enemy of the players

it is his job to screw with the characters, frustrate them and occasionally kill them. These

spells are not replacements for the Bestow Curse / Remove Curse combination given in Core

Rulebook I. These are completely new spells and can be thought of as extended options for

lavor and seeds for ideas. These curses are standard spells but oriented towards the brutal

and obscure.

Curses share the characteristics of spells but, whether divine or arcane, seem to bend the

rules in ways that usually require the intervention of gods. To the common man a curse is

anything that harms them, which is very broad. Spell casters distinguish curses by the long

term effect they have, their punitive nature, cost in experience, futility of saving throws,

and ability to break through spell resistance. Ranges of curses are vast and the duration for

casting matches the type of anger needed to bring the spell to fruition more than an actual

mechanical limitation. Curses count towards a spell caster’s normal limit of spells per day

and all other traits of spells except where explicitly noted.

When creating or deciding the effects of a curse everything that has been said can be

discarded except for one thing - the style of a curse in how it punishes and teaches

takes precedence over all its mechanics.

For all the power curses bring they also come with a price. Curses are of a different

magnitude than the common spell and for good reason - rather than used to survive or learn,

with a curse the caster takes the role of vindicator. The powers that are called upon when

casting a curse do not judge validity and the just as well as unjust are harmed but fate has

a way of coming full circle to those that abuse it. Because of how the caster is bending the

rules of magic it draws a price from him personally in the form of experience due to the act

of damning another takes a little of the caster’s soul.

Some curses are unjust but none are random. The greatest trait of a curse is that it is a tool

for fate. Sometimes a proud paladin is unjustly cursed but learns a humility that allows them

to succeed where they would have failed. A ranger is ridden with a horrible deformity for

the same crime that a thousand others were overlooked for but it eventually brings him to his

destiny. Some curses teach a lesson to the victim, those they meet, or even the curser. Some

are just cruel.

Imagine the enraged gypsy who curses his daughter’s rapist with unending life and to feel

the pain of those around him. Drawn to the brink of madness he lees to the wilderness.

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