Anyone know?
Identifying Cursed Items: Cursed items are identified like any other magic item with one exception: unless the check made to identify the item exceeds the DC by 10 or more, the curse is not detected. If the check is not made by 10 or more, but still succeeds, all that is revealed is the magic item’s original intent. If the item is known to be cursed, the nature of the curse can be determined using the standard DC to identify the item.
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That last sentence is a bit strange. What happens if you decide you "know" every item is cursed?
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That last sentence is a bit strange. What happens if you decide you "know" every item is cursed?
In that case, you only believe that every item is cursed -- which is not the same thing.
But there are ways that you can objectively know that an item is cursed. For example, if somebody got stuck with a cursed item and then a spellcaster removed that item from them with a Remove Curse spell, there would be several people who at that point would indeed know that the item is cursed.
For that matter, you could also know that an item is cursed if you attempt to identify it while the victim is still stuck wearing it.
Good enough. Still feels like there's a loophole in there somewhere, but it'd be blatant enough to just say "stop trying to break them game" and move on. : D
I would say also there's some cases when you can tell without even making a check. DM lets you get a +5 sword at level 2? It's cursed.
My favored cursed item is a girdle/ ring/ headband/ odd stick/ etc of opposite sex. Somehow, despite all odds, only one particularly PC of mine (like the guy sitting at the table, not his character) picks every one of them up and puts them all on. To be fair he's been getting decreasingly less irritated and more and more "yeah... I deserved that" about the whole thing.
We're going on like 8 times now.
Do you mean the item turns you the opposite sex?
Do you mean the item turns you the opposite sex?
Yup. Sigh... good times. Much curse. I once placed a chessboard instead of our gaming mat because we were in a "wizards" tower. I had a key of the safe squares. There was one right path and the entire tower had a blanket curse of "Cast Blindness if anyone tries to detect magic".
Good thing detect magic doesn't depend on eyesight. : )