Malediction

Component:

The pickled eye of a miser buried in a pauper’s grave

The target suffers a random Curse—draw on the table on the facing page to find out which one. Sorcerers often use this spell to bully others into completing quests or working their will.

Unlike other spells, the Curse remains in place until the sorcerer dismisses it (which they can do at any time) or it is counter-spelled. The Curse cannot be overcome using the Recover action.

This spell is not maintained with concentration. Resolve spent on casting this spell can never refresh as long as this spell continues.

Card	Malediction Curse
I	Dogs hate you. Any dog you meet will automatically try and attack you, and prioritizes you over all other targets. At the end of the City Phase, you become either Staggered (from being savaged) or Stressed (because you spent the entire time hiding from dogs)—50/50 chance either way.
II	You’re afflicted with bad dreams. You have a 50% chance to wake from sleep Stressed due to your nightmares.
III	Food has a 50% chance of becoming ash when you eat it. If this happens, you waste that ration.
IV	You are doomed. You become Exhausted.
V	You gain the appearance of a desiccated corpse. Most GM characters will be hostile towards you. Nobody wants to sleep with you. On the plus side, most undead will ignore you.
VI	You’re cursed to speak in rhymes. Everything you say in-character must rhyme.
VII	Your weapons rust and break easily. Any time you play a card of 10 or higher to Attack, your weapon suffers a Notch. Wooden weapons can suffer 1 Notch, iron weapons can suffer 2, and steel weapons can suffer 3 before breaking.
VIII	Your sexual anatomy changes. It’s weird (but maybe exciting?).
IX	Rats and other vermin fall in love with you. They follow you around everywhere. They want to sleep in your mouth. Every night, there is a 50% chance they’ll relieve you of something in your pack that they know you don’t want and replace it with garbage. Nice garbage.
X	Every footstep you take rings an ethereal, unseen bell that accompanies a voice that says “SHAME.” Stealth is impossible.
Page	You grow sick and infirm. You must burn two charged Bonds to clear Wounded talents and the Injured condition instead of one. You are (regrettably) immune to the Heal effect.
Knight	You grow old for the duration of the curse—like a withered crone. You are ugly and unattractive. You cannot see more than 30’ in front of you through your cataracts and you cannot use the Dash action.
Queen	You can only speak Tylwyth. Is that a language you understand? No? Then you sound like you’re just speaking gibberish.
King	When you enter a stressful situation (like combat), test Wands. If you fail, you turn into a chicken for one round (or equivalent). APPENDIX A