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<blockquote data-quote="Ath'kethin" data-source="post: 6938891" data-attributes="member: 6798775">Beat me to the punch. The term &quot;cursed&quot; I think comes from the fact that back in the day, the effects of these items were the reverse of what a character might believe, and additionally most of them were difficult to be rid of.&nbsp; Most were created by accidents while trying to fabricate the normal version of the item.But even in those days, clever players could find uses for such items (the example the OP gave for bags of devouring being a common example).&nbsp; Calling a portable garbage disposal 'cursed' seems short-sighted at best. Though the guy who just tried to store a staff of the magi in one might disagree.Some items, like the girdle of ha! ha! you're a girl now, you loser! had more of an impact in the days when 1) almost all players and therefore characters were male and 2) female characters actually had stat penalties just for being female. Nowadays such a gotcha! item seems rather out of place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ath'kethin, post: 6938891, member: 6798775"] Beat me to the punch. The term "cursed" I think comes from the fact that back in the day, the effects of these items were the reverse of what a character might believe, and additionally most of them were difficult to be rid of. Most were created by accidents while trying to fabricate the normal version of the item. But even in those days, clever players could find uses for such items (the example the OP gave for [I]bags of devouring[/I] being a common example). Calling a portable garbage disposal 'cursed' seems short-sighted at best. Though the guy who just tried to store a [I]staff of the magi[/I] in one might disagree. Some items, like the [I]girdle of ha! ha! you're a girl now, you loser![/I] had more of an impact in the days when 1) almost all players and therefore characters were male and 2) female characters actually had stat penalties just for being female. Nowadays such a gotcha! item seems rather out of place. [/QUOTE]

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