Looking at the dual cursed archetype I find a small peeve. In my opinion a person taking this archetype should gain both the drawbacks AND the benefits of BOTH Curses. Does anybody know how to alter the archetype to do that?
Just for clarification, are you suggesting that both curses should progress?
Personally, I think that sounds overpowered (suddenly I have blindsense and tremorsense. Weeeee!).
Easy.
Do NOT give the 5th and 13th level Revelations (but allow the Oracle to take Misfortune&Fortune).
or
No 5th level revelation.
Actually, that's a pretty solid idea.
The curses aren't much of curses. They're more long-term benefits with a minor hickup.
Flagged for homebrew.
D-C is a pretty bad archetype, you suffer massive penalties for 2 extra mid-level revelations and access to one good and one outstanding revelation. The outstanding revelation, Misfortune (since you can use it on yourself and allies each 1/day on top of enemies), is basically why you take it.
I've yet to see an oracle so feat starved (extra revelation) and with so many amazing revelation options that he *needed* those 2 extra that don't even come in until later.
I agree with you, OP. No harm in advancing both. The only ones with really good benefits are also the ones with insanely painful drawbacks, and even those benefits tend to amount to mid-level spell effects (tremorsense) or applying some +1 level adjustment feat for free (Silent Spell). Even if D-C advanced both curses, I'd still probably go for the "little lost, little gained" ones like Tongues.
Some of the curses can work well together like wolf scarred face and deaf. ( deaf's silent spell cancels wolf's spell chance failure.) while others can make an oracle fit more of what you want them to be. Ex. Wasting/Consumed/Black Blood with an oracle of bones. (I know that's three but it is a nice combination none the less.)