(02-17-2017, 05:18 PM)GentleGiraffe Wrote: Curses exist in lore, yes. They're usually a part of Thaumaturgy proper, but you could probably spin something similar with the other disciplines of magic as well.Â
Curses can be clensed though, so a good thing to ask yourself is why she didn't seek professional help with hers, or if she did, why it remains.
I am currently tormenting a player with an arcanometric curse, the pattern of which is now etched upon their soul. I could also see conjury being used to inflict taboos and bans upon people in the eyes of the elementals, but I'll save that for another day.
Possible reasons for a curse remaining:
1. Cost of removal is prohibitive. This may be difficult to pull off because RPers are obnoxiously generous about providing made-up resources to remove a made-up problem.
2. Only the person who placed the curse can safely remove it, leading to complications for the afflicted or the person trying to remove it if it isn't the original caster.
3. Something about the curse makes it unexpectedly useful in the short-term despite the long-term downsides.
4. The original caster will do something worse if the curse is removed, and can sense this occurring.
5. Take a page from early Buffy seasons and make the removal of the curse part of the curse itself in a cruel twist of the knife.
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