Just break the @#$!& thing!

[ThirdWizard]

Note that the description says:

The sword’s owner automatically draws it and fights with it even when she meant to draw or ready some other weapon.

Emphasis added.

So it isn't that the character feels attached to it, since the character can want to draw others.

Ergo, the character would feel no qualms about smashing it on the dungeon wall.

 

[TheEvil]

Nice story Land Outcast. God I hope not!
That said, we are playing a thourgh unconnected modules, so it seems unlikely.

 

[the Jester]

Don't forget that even a -2 cursed weapon can penetrate DR x/magic!

 

[Taraxia]

Note that the description says:

Emphasis added.

So it isn't that the character feels attached to it, since the character can want to draw others.

Ergo, the character would feel no qualms about smashing it on the dungeon wall.

Oh, it doesn't change the character's mind or personality.

Okay, I should qualify -- the RAW don't say the sword changes your personality or makes you think the sword is a good weapon when it isn't. It does, however, hijack your body -- and to some degree your mind, since using a sword is a somewhat complex action -- to prevent you from doing what you want.

Picture an Evil Dead scenario where you *try* to break the sword but your hand won't obey your mental commands.

And yes, this does have to be a somewhat sophisticated curse. It's not of the simple, purely physical "My hand won't let go!" variety -- it doesn't just "stick" the sword to your hand, it forces you to *keep the sword in your possession* and forces you to *draw it and fight with it*. In other words, you can't fool the sword by drawing the sword but then using a pistol bow in your off-hand -- you have to *use* the sword. A curse that sophisticated isn't going to let you just take the sword and purposely smash it.

BTW, I just looked it up -- by the RAW, the standard -2 cursed longsword can't be uncursed by _dispel magic_ or _remove curse_, only by _limited wish_ or higher effects. So yeah, it's a pretty darn sophisticated, powerful curse. The sword isn't actually intelligent, and you could consciously "trick" it by, say, asking the rogue to try to disarm or grapple you and then destroy the sword for you, but just smashing it yourself isn't gonna work.

And I should point out, the wording specifically says "The sword can only be gotten rid of by _limited wish_, _wish_, or _miracle_", implying that much simpler, more intuitive ways of "getting rid of it" like smashing it against a rock are specifically intended not to work.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I'd take a slightly different course of action.

Here, I would allow follow the RAW and let sundering the cursed weapon end the curse,* however the PC wouldn't just stand there and let the weapon get broken. The would-be sunderer would be treated as an attacker, forcing the accursed PC to draw the troublesome weapon. His buddy would have to sunder it in actual combat.

*If the curse were particularly powerful, this would only work for 24 hours- after which the weapon would reform itself and teleport back to its last wielder (unless someone else picked it up in the interim) until a certain specific condition were met in addition to the sundering.

 

[Land Outcast]

Would I be correct in presuming that you make use of Weapons of Legacy?

Nay me friend, but thanks for the praise

Just felt like creating...


BTW:

the GM did mention me REALLY liking the sword, so I agree that the character wouldn't destroy it or let it be destroyed.

 

[Drowbane]

The curse has a mental effect -- it forces the cursed character to draw *and use* the weapon even though he knows he shouldn't. It has a hold on him, in other words.

I would totally extend this to the character absolutely refusing to throw away the sword or allow it to be destroyed -- the curse controls him and prevents him from doing so even if it's what he knows he should do. Even to the point of violently resisting should one of the other party members try to destroy the sword.

Sure, another party member can sunder it, but they have to overpower the cursed player first.

qft

 

[werk]

"Once she knows, however, the item can be discarded unless some sort of compulsion is placed upon it that compels the wielder to keep and use it. In such cases, a remove curse spell is generally needed to get rid of the item."

#1. Have you tried simply discarding it.
#2. Remove Curse appears to be the only recourse.

Hopefully it is not a "-2 Sword, Cursed", and if it is, it seems to be more powerful, or quicker onset, than the usual.

"–2 Sword, Cursed: ...All damage dealt is also reduced by 2 points, but never below a minimum of 1 point of damage on any successful hit. After one week in a character’s possession, the sword always forces that character to employ it rather than another weapon. The sword’s owner automatically draws it and fights with it even when she meant to draw or ready some other weapon. The sword can be gotten rid of only by means of limited wish, wish, or miracle."

 

[Taraxia]

"Once she knows, however, the item can be discarded unless some sort of compulsion is placed upon it that compels the wielder to keep and use it. In such cases, a remove curse spell is generally needed to get rid of the item."

#1. Have you tried simply discarding it.
#2. Remove Curse appears to be the only recourse.

Hopefully it is not a "-2 Sword, Cursed", and if it is, it seems to be more powerful, or quicker onset, than the usual.

"–2 Sword, Cursed: ...All damage dealt is also reduced by 2 points, but never below a minimum of 1 point of damage on any successful hit. After one week in a character’s possession, the sword always forces that character to employ it rather than another weapon. The sword’s owner automatically draws it and fights with it even when she meant to draw or ready some other weapon. The sword can be gotten rid of only by means of limited wish, wish, or miracle."

Trading an immediate onset for letting _remove curse_ work on the sword seems fair to me.