Cursed Scroll

Usage: All characters (unless noted).

Activation: Merely looking at the baneful script on the scroll curses the character. The referee should determine the nature of the curse (see examples below).

Removing: A curse can be removed by magic, or (at the referee’s option) by performing a special quest.

Example Curses

• Transformation: The reader changes into a harmless creature (e.g. a frog).

• Summoning: A wandering monster appears next to the reader and attacks (gaining surprise). The monster is of equal level to the reader.

• Lost item: A magic item in the reader’s possession vanishes. The referee may select the item or choose it at random.

• Energy drain: The reader permanently loses one experience level (or Hit Die). This incurs a loss of one Hit Die of hit points, as well as all other benefits due to the lost level (e.g. spells, saving throws, etc.). A character’s XP is reduced to halfway between the former and new levels. A person who loses all levels dies.

• Ability score re-roll: The player must re-roll the character’s prime requisite.

• Slow healing: The reader’s healing capacity is reduced. Natural healing takes double the normal amount of time, and healing spells only cure half the normal number of hit points.