Yes, but it will grow a sixth finger, and the target will yell "I summon Inigo Montoya! Where is he?!"
hah hah I like it!
speaking of the Bestow Curse spell, it has CERTAINLY gotten more powerful over the years with splatbooks adding to it hasn't it? (you can literally make it a save or die pretty much, because there is a curse that causes the target to lose all their class levels and such and have to start over in a form of amnesia)
Edit: Found it, you basically lose all class features but keep most of the base stuff like HP, its still MASSIVELY crippling though.
Bestow curse is a really short spell. That's not what it does.speaking of the Bestow Curse spell, it has CERTAINLY gotten more powerful over the years with splatbooks adding to it hasn't it? (you can literally make it a save or die pretty much, because there is a curse that causes the target to lose all their class levels and such and have to start over in a form of amnesia)
Edit: Found it, you basically lose all class features but keep most of the base stuff like HP, its still MASSIVELY crippling though.
To the contrary.
Insanity can also be inflicted via magic. Consider allowing the spell insanity to merely inflict 1 randomly determined insanity per 5 caster levels on its victim rather than causing permanent confusion. Bestow curse can also inflict a single insanity on a foe, although in this case the insanity is also a curse.
I don't have my book in front of me but aren't those optional rules?
Even at its worst it is a save or suck. Hold person has been doing that from a level before.
Sure it is rough to place on a PC but I don't see it being too overly powerful in the hands of PCs.
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Bestow curse is a really short spell. That's not what it does.To the contrary.
That rather seems to be overlooking this specific passage in the Bestow Curse spell description.
Bestow curse allows the caster to invent a novel effect, but one no more powerful than those described in the spell itself (no worse than a 50% chance of losing actions, a –4 penalty on checks, or a –6 penalty to an ability score).
It seems pretty clear that regardless of what the curse is the limits of the spell are those bolded, that's what the curse does, no more, no less. The section on madness is an optional set of rules from the Game Mastery Guide that give the GM extra options for when he's running a game, not a specific rule that always applies to the spell.
I wonder how amnesia could affect physical things like mount, third hand mutation, oracle curses, etc.
Actually, could I get limited amnesia/curse to forgot only the bad stuff?
Actually, could I get limited amnesia/curse to forgot only the bad stuff?
And then have it continuously coming back to bite you in the butt as strange enemies you have no idea why you're fighting keep showing up?
That definitely sounds like it would fit the bill?
EDIT: I could see far worse things, to be honest.
Curse someone to *think* they're drow (with no mechanical effects) with all their might.
Curse someone to only be comfortable using melee weapons in ranged combat or ranged weapons in melee combat, due to mental issues.
The possibilities are endless...
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Actually, could I get limited amnesia/curse to forgot only the bad stuff?
There are many examples of this, though I have seen intense debates on if the proper common name for such a curse is "tequila", "vodka", or "whiskey".
Actually, could I get limited amnesia/curse to forgot only the bad stuff?And then have it continuously coming back to bite you in the butt as strange enemies you have no idea why you're fighting keep showing up?
the amnesiac loses all class abilities, feats, and skill ranks for as long as his amnesia lasts.
Well, oracle's curse is class ability, so I was thinking if you can curse Oracle forgot being blind, for example.
There are many examples of this, though I have seen intense debates on if the proper common name for such a curse is "tequila", "vodka", or "whiskey".
LOL
The oracle’s curse cannot be removed or dispelled without the aid of a deity.
I would say trying to circumvent an Oracle's Curse would fall under this.