Curse of the Blighted Strand

Effect

The theurge lays a terrible curse upon a victim, afflicting them with almost any deformity, sickness, or misfortune that is not directly le- thal. The target must be within the caster’s sight, or else the theurge must have an arcane connection to them. The caster may describe any kind of blight to level at the victim, or describe a misfortune that will inevitably befall the victim if it is in any way possible. Thus, a victim might be cursed to always maim themselves during combat, or have their eyes rot away, or to seethe with a hundred and one sicknesses that don’t quite kill them, or so forth. The curse can only affect them, however, and cannot control other people’s actions or thoughts, so a curse that their loved ones would reject them would be impermissible—albeit a curse that they should poison the food of their loved ones accidentally would be quite possible if they ever have anything to do with their family’s meals. The curse lasts until the theurge lifts it, it is dispelled, or a cast- er-chosen circumstance comes to pass. Lesser foes have no power to resist this curse, while worthy foes may save versus Spirit to avoid it.