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b-dog · 01-18-2020, 07:50 PM

I am thinking about how to handle curses in DF. The idea I have is that when a PC aquires a curse then the curse is triggered by a dice roll. Say the DM rolls three dice and that will be the trigger for the curse. Say the DM rolls a 12 then when the PC needs to make a dice roll the DM secretly rolls for the curse trigger, so In this case the curse is triggered on a dice roll of 12 or less. If the curse is triggered then if the PC rolls and succeeded then he fails. If the PC failed on his roll then the result is a critical failure. If the PC rolled a critical success then it is reduced to an ordinary success.

The curses can vary from just one trigger to many triggers to some that keep the PC cursed until a Remove Curse is cast. Detect Curse would be a useful new spell with this type of curse.

01-18-2020, 07:50 PM	#1
b-dog Join Date: Nov 2006	Idea for handling curses I am thinking about how to handle curses in DF. The idea I have is that when a PC aquires a curse then the curse is triggered by a dice roll. Say the DM rolls three dice and that will be the trigger for the curse. Say the DM rolls a 12 then when the PC needs to make a dice roll the DM secretly rolls for the curse trigger, so In this case the curse is triggered on a dice roll of 12 or less. If the curse is triggered then if the PC rolls and succeeded then he fails. If the PC failed on his roll then the result is a critical failure. If the PC rolled a critical success then it is reduced to an ordinary success. The curses can vary from just one trigger to many triggers to some that keep the PC cursed until a Remove Curse is cast. Detect Curse would be a useful new spell with this type of curse.