Curse
Spell, Black Magic, level 1
Lays one of four curses on a creature: a penalty to saves, ten years of aging, chronic sleeplessness and irritability, or disfigurement that halves Charisma. It lasts until removed.
Also called Hex, Ageing, Bane, Ugliness
From the book
Places one of four curses on a single creature or being. Hex gives the victim -1 on all saves. Ageing adds ten years to the victim's age. Bane leaves the victim constantly and inexplicably uneasy and unable to sleep properly, so they stay weary and short-tempered however much they rest (-1 Charisma, Strength and Constitution). Ugliness turns the victim's face drawn and haggard and cuts their Charisma in half.
The victim may save vs Will to resist, unless the caster knows their true name or holds something that once belonged to them. The caster must be able to see the victim, or reach them through a scrying device. The curse is permanent until it is countered or removed.
At a glance
- Options
- 1 Hex: -1 on all saves; 2 Ageing: ages 10 years; 3 Bane: -1 Charisma, Strength and Constitution; 4 Ugliness: Charisma halved
- Range
- Sight range (or via scrying device)
- Duration
- Permanent or until countered or removed
- Save
- vs Will, unless caster knows victim's true name or has an item the victim owned
- Spell type
- Non-variable
A scene
The Scythian chief who burned Zarina's village left one riding glove behind in the ashes, and the witch has kept it for a year. Tonight, from a hilltop above his camp, she watches him laughing by his fire, lays the glove across her knees, and speaks the curse. He does not even feel it land. But from that night on the chief cannot sleep properly. He lies awake uneasy for no reason he can name, snaps at his sons, and grows weaker and uglier in temper by the month.