MaxiDuRaritry
2021-09-10, 07:56 PM
Cursed items in 3.5 have the following possible effect:
Opposite Effect or Target
These cursed items malfunction, so that either they do the opposite of what the creator intended, or they target the user instead of someone else. The interesting point to keep in mind here is that these items aren’t always bad to have. Opposite-effect items include weapons that impose penalties on attack and damage rolls rather than bonuses. Just as a character shouldn’t necessarily immediately know what the enhancement bonus of a noncursed magic item is, she shouldn’t immediately know that a weapon is cursed. Once she knows, however, the item can be discarded unless some sort of compulsion is placed upon it that compels the wielder to keep and use it. In such cases, a remove curse spell is generally needed to get rid of the item.
And I had a thought regarding this. A metamagic rod that applies that to spells cast with it, so that your spells end up cursed with the "opposite" effect. Obviously, this could take any number of forms, the easiest being a damaging spell healing its targets, as with the healing lightning bolt wand given as an example of a cursed item in the DMG itself. Likewise, turning that magic missile spell into a self-targeted spell.
But what fun and clever ways would you use a metamagic feat (or cursed metamagic rod) that applied the above effect to your magic?
A charm person spell that applies the "gender reversal" ability on the target would make for a possible laugh at the unlucky and unscrupulous mage that casts it, for instance.
Opposite Effect or Target
These cursed items malfunction, so that either they do the opposite of what the creator intended, or they target the user instead of someone else. The interesting point to keep in mind here is that these items aren’t always bad to have. Opposite-effect items include weapons that impose penalties on attack and damage rolls rather than bonuses. Just as a character shouldn’t necessarily immediately know what the enhancement bonus of a noncursed magic item is, she shouldn’t immediately know that a weapon is cursed. Once she knows, however, the item can be discarded unless some sort of compulsion is placed upon it that compels the wielder to keep and use it. In such cases, a remove curse spell is generally needed to get rid of the item.
And I had a thought regarding this. A metamagic rod that applies that to spells cast with it, so that your spells end up cursed with the "opposite" effect. Obviously, this could take any number of forms, the easiest being a damaging spell healing its targets, as with the healing lightning bolt wand given as an example of a cursed item in the DMG itself. Likewise, turning that magic missile spell into a self-targeted spell.
But what fun and clever ways would you use a metamagic feat (or cursed metamagic rod) that applied the above effect to your magic?
A charm person spell that applies the "gender reversal" ability on the target would make for a possible laugh at the unlucky and unscrupulous mage that casts it, for instance.