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Source:
Grim Hollow: Campaign Guide, Pg 25
(3rd party/)

Casting Time: 1 Hour , Range: Self , Components: V (Vocal) - S (Somatic) - M (Material) , Duration: Until Cured ,
Curse Material: Keepsake of the Target, Shard of Shadow-Steel
Special Material: a shred of the target’s clothing, a chunk of rotten flesh, and a Shadow-Steel jewellery box worth at least 1,000 gp, all of which the spell consumes)

Triggering Event:

• The target searches their backpack, clothes drawer, or wherever else they store their garments, they find an infestation of insects.

Effect

• This spell curses a creature on the same plane of existence as you with a putrefying and stinking pox. The target must make a Charisma saving throw against the spell’s DC, which is modified by the Curse Strength Table. On a successful save, the target becomes aware that somebody attempted to curse them. On a failed save, the target becomes cursed and is unaware of this. Upon the completion of this curse’s triggering event, the target automatically advances to stage 1 of this curse.

Stage 1

• The cursed creature is afflicted with a minor cough. Whenever they speak more than a few words at a time, they break into a fit of coughing.

Stage 2

• The smell of putrescence lingers in the air around the cursed creature. Food and drink quickly spoil, jewellery tarnishes, and wood rots within 10 feet of the cursed creature. Additionally, the cursed creature has disadvantage on Charisma saving throws.

Stage 3

• The cursed creature’s skin becomes riddled with pock marks, pustules, and lesions. Insects flock to the cursed creature, infesting their clothes. The cursed creature’s Charisma score becomes 6, unless it was already lower.

Culmination

• Upon failing the final escalation check, the cursed creature twists into a deformed f igure and becomes a Plague Carrion. If the creature is a player character, they become an NPC under the GM’s control.

Curse DC

Stage Advancement

• Cursed creatures roll an Un-Modified D20 each day at Dawn. The DC to beat starts at 1 and increases by 1 each time the cursed creature succeeds their escalation save. The DC resets to 1 when the cursed creature fails the DC save.

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