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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 7004823" data-attributes="member: 45197"><p>Hiya!</p><p></p><p>Well, I'm guessing the player is thinking "Hell, this sword is awesome! I can live with a curse...no skin off my back, I have all these nifty paladin bonuses and whatnot..."....so....</p><p></p><p>Have a curse that affects everyone <em>around</em> him that are allies/friends. Something nasty that doesn't instantly mean death...oh, I'm thinking: "No friend or ally withing 150' of the wielder can get Advantage on <em>any roll</em> so long as the curse remains".</p><p></p><p>That will do two things: One, put a grin on your face (if you are any sort of a DM that gets a giggle out of players screwing themselves when they know full well what they are doing), and it will make everyone in the group want him to get rid of the sword in stead of just shrugging it off and using it as an excuse when the paladin does something...'detrimental' ("oh, sorry about him...his sword is cursed and he won't let anyone touch it..."). For maximum effect, surprise them with it during battle. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Experience Talking: I have had players in the past "deal with" or "put up with" a cursed object because they felt it was worth it to them (a "CG" Barbarian with a cursed sword of berzerking, for example...). The moment I started to even hint that the swords curse was starting to affect other members of the party, Job #1 became "Get rid of that damn sword!". <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>^_^</p><p></p><p>Paul L. Ming</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pming, post: 7004823, member: 45197"] Hiya! Well, I'm guessing the player is thinking "Hell, this sword is awesome! I can live with a curse...no skin off my back, I have all these nifty paladin bonuses and whatnot..."....so.... Have a curse that affects everyone [I]around[/I] him that are allies/friends. Something nasty that doesn't instantly mean death...oh, I'm thinking: "No friend or ally withing 150' of the wielder can get Advantage on [I]any roll[/I] so long as the curse remains". That will do two things: One, put a grin on your face (if you are any sort of a DM that gets a giggle out of players screwing themselves when they know full well what they are doing), and it will make everyone in the group want him to get rid of the sword in stead of just shrugging it off and using it as an excuse when the paladin does something...'detrimental' ("oh, sorry about him...his sword is cursed and he won't let anyone touch it..."). For maximum effect, surprise them with it during battle. :) Experience Talking: I have had players in the past "deal with" or "put up with" a cursed object because they felt it was worth it to them (a "CG" Barbarian with a cursed sword of berzerking, for example...). The moment I started to even hint that the swords curse was starting to affect other members of the party, Job #1 became "Get rid of that damn sword!". ;) ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]
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