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Message: <blockquote data-quote="werk" data-source="post: 3247682" data-attributes="member: 29663">The Cursed Dagger thread gave me an idea!What are some of the cursed items you have given to your party (or received yourself) over the years?I remember that in older editions when making an artifact, you could pick the curses that came with it, and everyone always picked the ones that gave you white hair or bad breath or stuff like that because it didn't have much an impact on the overwhelming usefulness of the item.I figured ENWorld would have some whoppers.I only really remember two items that I gave out that were uniquely cursed.  1.  A pair of gloves of dexterity that, when worn, constricted and broke most of the bones in the hand without causing any damage.  Once the curse was removed, along with the gloves, the hands (and dex penalty) remained.  My player got around this by finding a high level cleric that cut off his hands and regenerated them...it was very traumatic.2.  I once gave a character an artifact named The Staff of Whining becasue he was whining too much about not having a 'special' magic item despite having more wealth and items than anyone else in the party.  It was an amazing weapon, but it was embarrasing for him to use so he sold it (much under Mfg Suggested Retail Price).What are some of yours?  ...or am I the RBDM?</blockquote>