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<blockquote data-quote="Sigurd" data-source="post: 1939383" data-attributes="member: 19412">The Logic of Cursed Items is importantTruly &quot;cursed&quot; items usually gained the notice of a power pure or powerful enough to curse them. They tend to be very significant items attached to courts or burried with notable people.I'd consider Aragorn's broken sword a (potentially cursed) weapon. Before it was reforged there was no way of knowing if Sauron's dying breath cursed it.Other cursed items have been in the hands of evil or the undead for too long. Some are made by evil forces and seek to do evil -- are these 'Cursed'?&nbsp; If a sacrificial blade has done such terrible deeds that it is favoured by a demon or diety with mana or essence and gains powers to do evil is it cursed???Far more magic items are simply badly made or damaged. Potions go off. Auspicious conjunctions and favourable conditions end. Much more magic in my games simply becomes unreliable.I've never really liked the potential of cursed items to be punishment from the Dungeon Master. Simply making an item undroppable seems like bad role playing. Items may be addictive, they may affect alignment, they may possess the character but I have trouble imagining a sword that can not be dropped.&nbsp; I find it far more interesting that an item might be cast away with the help of great will or party friends only to have withdrawal or symptoms of desease later. Who else is looking for the item you abhor but need so much?Sigurd</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sigurd, post: 1939383, member: 19412"] [b]The Logic of Cursed Items is important[/b] Truly "cursed" items usually gained the notice of a power pure or powerful enough to curse them. They tend to be very significant items attached to courts or burried with notable people. I'd consider Aragorn's broken sword a (potentially cursed) weapon. Before it was reforged there was no way of knowing if Sauron's dying breath cursed it. Other cursed items have been in the hands of evil or the undead for too long. Some are made by evil forces and seek to do evil -- are these 'Cursed'? If a sacrificial blade has done such terrible deeds that it is favoured by a demon or diety with mana or essence and gains powers to do evil is it cursed??? Far more magic items are simply badly made or damaged. Potions go off. Auspicious conjunctions and favourable conditions end. Much more magic in my games simply becomes unreliable. I've never really liked the potential of cursed items to be punishment from the Dungeon Master. Simply making an item undroppable seems like bad role playing. Items may be addictive, they may affect alignment, they may possess the character but I have trouble imagining a sword that can not be dropped. I find it far more interesting that an item might be cast away with the help of great will or party friends only to have withdrawal or symptoms of desease later. Who else is looking for the item you abhor but need so much? Sigurd [/QUOTE]

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