Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="gizmo33" data-source="post: 3809693" data-attributes="member: 30001">I'm pretty sure cursed -1 swords grow in trees in Limbo and are plucked by Slaad like fruit.  Then they plane-shift to the Prime and hand them out to fighters who have secretly wished for a "magic sword" without being more specific.Other cursed -1 swords are created as a result of a bungled attempt to create a +1 sword.  Responsible wizards would probably destroy them, but then again responsible wizards probably recycle.  They'll get thrown on a pile of other contaminated scrap metal and melted down at the convenience of the wizard, if he survives long enough to do so.  There's some possibility that melting a cursed sword in a forge will contaminate the forge.One time a god of war became angry at a fighter who thought more of his magic items than following the war god.  The fighter was turned into a flumph and all of his magic items were turned into cursed versions.  Since it takes a limited wish for subsequent owners to rid themselves of the item, they tend to get passed from each owner to his killer.</blockquote>