Cursed Class

5.5E & 5E Class

Hiding in the shadows of a narrow alley, a sickly dwarf presses herself against the cold stone, hoping the nearby thugs keep moving. Realizing she’s been spotted, she straightens and throws her cloak aside, revealing runic brands scorched deep into her skin. The markings pulse once, then tear open as her body violently shifts, bone and flesh twisting into a demonic form with leathery wings and jagged fangs. By the time the thugs understand what they are facing, hellfire is already spilling into the alley.
Wrapped in layers and masked by a disguise kit, a human bearing the Curse of Graveborn slips quietly through a market street, hoping to reach an apothecary before his condition worsens. The calm shatters when gnoll marauders surge through the town gates, cutting down the militia with brutal efficiency. Cornered and outmatched, the man releases his restraint. His body swells and ruptures into an undead abomination with pus slicked knuckles dragging across the ground as a ravenous hunger takes hold.

Risk and Reward

The power of the Cursed comes from the very affliction that threatens to consume them. Each transformation reshapes you into something monstrous, refined through deliberate mutations that reflect how you choose to endure your curse. Power is never free. The torment you embrace to fuel your transformation sharpens your strength yet brings you closer to destruction. Whether the ends justify the means is a question only you can answer.

The Cursed class is for players who enjoy transforming into a horrific creature while customizing monstrous mutations.

Vile Shift. Your defining feature and combat form. Vile Shift transforms you into a living weapon, replacing your physical capabilities with a mutable monstrous body. Most of your class features and mutations function only while transformed, encouraging deliberate timing and commitment.

Torment. The core risk reward engine of the class. Gaining stacks of Torment increases your damage potential, but also causes you to take more damage. Mastery of the Cursed comes from knowing when to push your Torment higher.

Becoming a Cursed...

As a Level 1 Character

Gain all the traits in the Core Cursed Traits table.

Gain the Cursed's level 1 features, which are listed in the Cursed Features Table.

As a Multiclass Character

Gain the following traits from the Core Cursed Traits table: Hit Point Die, proficiency with the disguise kit and training with light armor.

Gain the Cursed's level 1 features, which are listed in the Cursed Features table.

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Cursed Class

Current class build 2.1

Thank you to everyone who played the Cursed and took the time to send in feedback!

Improved overall balance across the base class and all subclasses.

Polished wording, clarified pain points, and fixed grammar and formatting throughout.

New Class features Brutal Manifestation, Enduring Abomination, and Mutable Curse.

Updated Mutations: Charge, Elemental Resistance, Gust of Wind, Heavy Blows, Large Form, Roar, Running Leap, Shrug Off (now Unyielding Flesh)

New Mutations: Blood Surge, Bounding Horror, Brutal Shove, Ceiling Skulker, Crippling Blows, Grave Silence, Scarred Hide, Spiteful Cleave, Warped Presence, Withering Wounds

Cursed Class Features

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