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Thread: Augury and Curses
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2022-09-10, 11:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Augury and Curses
So, 2nd level cleric spell Augury. If you cast the spell, and ask "Will I suffer a curse if I use this item?", and succeed in your roll, will the spell tell you correctly if it is cursed?
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2022-09-10, 01:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Augury and Curses
"Woe" if its a straight up bad curse (-4 armor of can't take it off). "Weal and woe" if its a mixed blessing (sword of -2 to hit but teleports to your had at initative roll means you're never unarmed iff you can still manage to use half decent ranged weapons while carrying it). Cryptic otherwise (+5 vorpal sword of cursed beserking = "the lonely undying conqurerer wins all battles on a throne of heads").
Thet dropped a resource and made a roll. They get directly and immedately useful info.Last edited by Telok; 2022-09-10 at 01:50 PM.
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2022-09-10, 10:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Augury and Curses
Don't forget that the answers to an Augury aren't 'factual', they are the moral guidance of the contacted god. So- for instance- if you find a magic book that will give the wizard enough XP to go up a level, but your god doesn't like wizardly magic and you ask what happens if the wizard reads the book, the answer will probably be 'woe'.
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2022-09-12, 05:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Augury and Curses
From what I understand you can't ask specific yes/no questions of Augury. Just "Will we gain benefit or be harmed if we take a specific action in the next half hour"
Originally Posted by Augry
So it could be good if you're in a dungeon and need a quick answer, and it isn't safe for you wizard to lose 8 con for the identify in the next 8 hours.Last edited by Beelzebub1111; 2022-09-12 at 05:35 AM.
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2022-09-12, 10:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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