GMs should feel free to invent new cursed item effects to fit specific items. The following are some of the most common cursed item effects. * 90% of the normal price for the beneficial effect the item duplicates in addition to its curse or when its curse is not active. However, some devious crafters create such items on purpose-either to deceive and discomfit others or because the cursed effect is somehow useful. Most cursed items are created by accident, when the crafting process goes horribly wrong. Opposite Effect or Target: Cost is reduced by 50%.īuyers must always beware of deals too good to be true, though, as curses ancient and insidious await. The cost of dependent items, which function only in certain situations, is reduced by 30%. Intermittent Functioning: The cost of uncontrolled or unreliable items is reduced by 10%.
Cost may be reduced by 10% for minor drawbacks or requirements such as minimum skill ranks or worship of a specific deity by 30% for harmful or costly drawbacks or requirements such as alignment change, ability damage, sacrificing wealth, or performing a quest to activate the item or by 50% for severe drawbacks or requirements such as negative levels or sacrificing sentient creatures. The table above indicates the price and spell prerequisites of some of the most common deliberately created cursed items.ĭrawbacks and Requirements: Cost isn’t reduced for cosmetic drawbacks or requirements with no direct game effects. Crafting cursed items is generally cheaper than creating fully functional items, depending on the type of curse involved, as detailed below.
Intentionally crafting cursed items requires the same item creation feats and skill checks as does crafting a normal item of that type, but in addition to such requirements, intentionally cursed items require bestow curse or major curse as a spell prerequisites. Owner refers to the creature wearing or using the magic item, while creator refers to the original creature who crafted the magic item, or else the last creature to wear it and speak its command word (which is often kept secret from perspective buyers). Many cursed relics differentiate the item’s creator from its owner. These twisted treasures are often sold for far less than their apparent worth by merchants claiming to need money quickly or who feign ignorance of their value.īy the time the curse manifests and the buyers realize they have been cheated, the seller is long gone. Some items are crafted to function for a limited time, convincing a buyer of their authenticity. More sinister, however, are deliberately cursed objects intended to visit vengeance upon their buyers or return some great wealth to their creators. Cursed CounterfeitsĪncient bric-a-brac that appears to be a genuine artifact could be valueless junk held together by magic. If the spell is successful, the item can be discarded on the following round, but the curse reasserts itself if the item is used again. The DC of the caster level check to undo the curse is equal to 10 + the item’s caster level. These items can only be discarded after the character or item is targeted by a remove curse or similar magic. Others reappear even if discarded or are impossible to throw away. Removing Cursed Items: While some cursed items can be simply discarded, others force a compulsion upon the user to keep the item, no matter the costs. If the item is known to be cursed, the nature of the curse can be determined using the standard DC to identify the item. If the check is not made by 10 or more, but still succeeds, all that is revealed is the magic item’s original intent.
Identifying Cursed Items: Cursed items are identified like any other magic item with one exception: unless the check made to identify the item exceeds the DC by 10 or more, the curse is not detected. When a magic item creation skill check fails by 5 or more, roll on Table: Common Item Curses to determine the type of curse possessed by the item. While many of these items still have functions, they either do not work as intended or come with serious drawbacks. Instead they are the result of rushed work, inexperienced crafters, or a lack of proper components. Cursed items are almost never made intentionally. Occasionally they mix bad with good, forcing characters to make difficult choices. Cursed items are any magic items with some sort of potentially negative impact on the user.
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