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Post by CommJunkee on Jul 7, 2011 13:02:38 GMT -6
So, my party stubled upon thier first cursed item.
Now the problem, they want to sell it. This seems to bring up three issues for me.
1. Who would want to buy it? A. Would you want to sell it to the person that would buy it?
2. What would its value be?
3. What moral implecations are there for putting a curse item on the market (if any)?
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Post by Rigil Kent on Jul 7, 2011 13:43:39 GMT -6
Good questions. Some musings...
Did they cast Remove Curse? Because my first instinct would be that, without that spell being cast, the item invariably comes back to "haunt" the person it initially cursed (providing it did curse a body.)
1. A Good church might buy it in order to destroy it. A Wizard might want it as a component for other magical rituals or if s/he could tear it down somehow. An especially arrogant noble might want it to display on the wall to show his or her fellows how "brave" he is. Apart from that, even "Evil" characters would be affected by a curse, so they'd generally avoid it unless it specifically states that a certain alignment derives benefits.
1A. Depends.
2. At a minimum (and this is something I forgot to do when I was running), it should be half of what would normally be gotten for a magic item. For example, if PCs sell for 50%, this thing should - at a minimum - be worth only 25%. Reduce that even further if its an especially virulent curse. Wouldn't it be amusing if the PCs ended having to pay to get rid of it?
3. Depends on what happens to it. If they sell (or donate) it to the Church of Awesomely Goodness which destroys it in a public ceremony celebrate Awesomely Goodness, I'd say there should be some positive implications. If, however, they sell it to a seedy looking merchant in the back alley, then have this lead into an adventure where they have to make good what they screwed up. Selling a Cursed Sword of Berserking? Guess what? In the Hamlet of Nowhereville, one of the militia bought it and then killed everyone in the Hamlet when he inevitably failed his Will save.
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Post by Mike E. on Jul 11, 2011 19:10:18 GMT -6
We need to put this shit on a map, or in a campaign: Church of Awesomely Goodness Hamlet of Nowhereville Cursed Sword of Berserking.
This stuff is great. We need some more!
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