Curse

Effect

You invoke malign forces to afflict a target with misfortune. Mages may give advanced forms of this spell more colorful names, such as:

Clouded Soul (Misfortune, Doom)

Corruption (Despair)

Malediction (Range, Additional Target, Doom, requires an appropriate implement)

Plague of Misfortune (Misfortune, Additional Target)

Details

Base Difficulty: Average (2)
Concentration: Yes
Skill: Void Magic
Range: Short
Effect: Until the end of the caster's next turn, the target decreases the ability of any skill checks they make by one.

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Additional Effects

Curse is eligible for the following additional effects.

Effect	Difficulty Modifier
Misfortune	+1
Range	+1
Additional Target	+2
Despair	+2
Doom	+2

Misfortune: After the target makes a check, the caster may change one Setback die to a face displaying a Failure.

Range: Increase the range of the spell by one range band. This may be added multiple times, increasing the range by one range band each time.

Additional Target: The spell affects one additional target within range of the spell. In addition, after casting the spell, the caster may spend 1 Advantage to affect one additional target within range of the spell (and may trigger this multiple times, spending 1 Advantage each time).

Despair: The target's strain and wound thresholds are reduced by an amount equal to the caster's ranks in Knowledge (Thaumaturgy). This effect may not be combined with the additional target effect.

Doom: After a target makes a check, the caster may change any one die in the pool not displaying a Triumph or Despair to a different face.