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<blockquote data-quote="strongbow" data-source="post: 168045" data-attributes="member: 2650">There is a spell in Oriental Adventures called Detect Curse that can detect whether an item is cursed or not.&nbsp; OA also includes Detect Disease.&nbsp; These are two great spells that should have been included in the PHB.&nbsp; Detect Disease is 0 level and works like Detect Poison does.&nbsp; Detect Curse is 3rd level, and has a 25 GP Material Component.&nbsp; That's all I can post without violating copyright restrictions, if I haven't already.A kind DM will allow these spells into his/her campaign.&nbsp; For mean DMs, the inclusion of these spells can justify throwing more diseases and cursed items at the party.&nbsp; So you have a case both ways for your DM.&nbsp; A DM might allow the appropriate class to research these spells as well.&nbsp; So here is a potential solution---from a WOTC product.&nbsp; Have fun, and may you not become a pile of putrid, steaming goo. BTW, Detect Curse can make for some funny scenarios.&nbsp; Have you ever seen a paranoid party describe in great detail how they loot their enemies corpses, but don't touch or put anything on?&nbsp; It's truly hilarious.&lt;Paranoid PC 1&gt;&nbsp; I make a lasso with my rope to pick up the magic sword, and put it in the bag of holding.&lt;Paranoid PC 2&gt;&nbsp; No!&nbsp; Wait!&nbsp; Don't do that!&nbsp; Then we'll have to touch the sword to get it back out of the bag of holding!&lt;DM&gt;&nbsp; Too late, the sword is now in the bag of holding.Later on, back at camp, and time to Identify the magic loot.&lt;Paranoid PC 2&gt;&nbsp; How are we going to get the sword out?&lt;Paranoid PC Wizard 3&gt;&nbsp; I have an idea.&nbsp; &lt;Passes note to DM that says, &quot;I cast suggestion on the fighter to take the sword out of the bag of holding&quot;&nbsp; &lt;DM rolles saving throw&gt; Well, the fighter feels a sudden urge to take the sword out.&lt;Paranoid Wizard 3&gt;&nbsp; In the meantime I cast Invisibility.&nbsp; I don't want to be the first to die if it's another Cursed Sword of Beserker Fury. Ah, the entertainment of a paranoid, ridiculous, and metagaming party.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="strongbow, post: 168045, member: 2650"] There is a spell in Oriental Adventures called Detect Curse that can detect whether an item is cursed or not. OA also includes Detect Disease. These are two great spells that should have been included in the PHB. Detect Disease is 0 level and works like Detect Poison does. Detect Curse is 3rd level, and has a 25 GP Material Component. That's all I can post without violating copyright restrictions, if I haven't already. A kind DM will allow these spells into his/her campaign. For mean DMs, the inclusion of these spells can justify throwing more diseases and cursed items at the party. So you have a case both ways for your DM. A DM might allow the appropriate class to research these spells as well. So here is a potential solution---from a WOTC product. Have fun, and may you not become a pile of putrid, steaming goo. BTW, Detect Curse can make for some funny scenarios. Have you ever seen a paranoid party describe in great detail how they loot their enemies corpses, but don't touch or put anything on? It's truly hilarious. <Paranoid PC 1> I make a lasso with my rope to pick up the magic sword, and put it in the bag of holding. <Paranoid PC 2> No! Wait! Don't do that! Then we'll have to touch the sword to get it back out of the bag of holding! <DM> Too late, the sword is now in the bag of holding. Later on, back at camp, and time to Identify the magic loot. <Paranoid PC 2> How are we going to get the sword out? <Paranoid PC Wizard 3> I have an idea. <Passes note to DM that says, "I cast suggestion on the fighter to take the sword out of the bag of holding" <DM rolles saving throw> Well, the fighter feels a sudden urge to take the sword out. <Paranoid Wizard 3> In the meantime I cast Invisibility. I don't want to be the first to die if it's another Cursed Sword of Beserker Fury. Ah, the entertainment of a paranoid, ridiculous, and metagaming party. [/QUOTE]

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