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Some equipment that you come across will be '''cursed''', rendering it impossible to unequip until you find a way to break the curse. These items will look just like any other item until you equip or identify them, unless you are following [[Ashenzari]]. Depending on the nature of the specific item, this can be a minor irritant or a major hazard. Although useful cursed items appear occasionally, most cursed weapons and armour will have negative enchantment penalties, while cursed jewelry is usually designed to harm the wearer. Because of this, it is wise to careful about equipping unidentified items.  
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Some equipment that you could come across will be '''cursed''', rendering it impossible to unequip until you find a way to break the curse. These items will look just like any other item until you equip, identify them, or followed [[Ashenzari]]. Depending on the nature of the specific item, this can be a minor irritant or a major hazard. Although useful cursed items appear occasionally, most cursed weapons and armour would have negative enchantment penalties, while cursed jewelry is usually designed to harm the wearer. Because of this, it is wise to careful about equipping unidentified items. Curses could be removed with a [[scroll of remove curse]], or the [[brand]] enchantments of [[Kikubaaqudgha]], [[Lugonu]], [[The Shining One]].
  
Followers of [[Ashenzari]] receive special bonuses for wearing cursed gear and are given abilities that make it easier to curse your gear and maintain curses.
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While curses were removed from all items found in the dungeon, followers of [[Ashenzari]] are given the ability to curse their gear for special bonuses. See that page for more details.
 
 
==Detecting Curses==
 
Any wieldable or wearable item can be cursed. Items that appear magical (i.e. runed or glowing items) are somewhat more likely to be, but items that appear mundane can also be cursed as well.
 
 
 
[[Identify]]ing an item will reveal whether it is cursed; all items used by visible enemies are identified, so if you've picked it up from an enemy, you'll know whether it's cursed or not. For items you find on the floor, there are two ways of telling whether it's cursed:
 
*Being a follower of [[Ashenzari]], or
 
*Equipping it yourself. Make sure to have a scroll of remove curse ready if you do this!
 
 
 
In all cases, the game will mark the item's cursed or uncursed status, even if it is otherwise unidentified.
 
 
 
==Uncursing Items==
 
*The most common method for uncursing items is to read a [[scroll of remove curse]]. This will uncurse all cursed items you are currently wearing, but has no effect on unequipped items in your inventory.
 
**Followers of Ashenzari will instead have a choice of which of their equipped items they wish to uncurse.
 
*Blessing your weapon with your [[god]]'s brand [[gift]] ([[Lugonu]]'s [[distortion]], [[the Shining One]]'s [[holy wrath]], or [[Kikubaaqudgha]]'s [[pain]]) will remove its curse as part of the upgrade.
 
 
 
==Item Cursing==
 
Uncursed equipment is normally safe to equip. However, items can ''become'' cursed in a variety of ways, including:
 
*Some [[artefact]] items can have the "recurring curse" property - even if they are currently uncursed, they may automatically recurse themselves whenever they are equipped.
 
*Worshippers of [[Ashenzari]] will always receive cursed items from [[scrolls of acquirement]]. The items will otherwise be of normal acquirement quality.
 
*Followers of [[Ashenzari]] can consume a [[scroll of remove curse]] to curse one item in their inventory.
 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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*Cursed items stopped generating in [[0.27]].
 
*Prior to [[0.24]], weapons of [[holy wrath]] could never be cursed under any circumstances.
 
*Prior to [[0.24]], weapons of [[holy wrath]] could never be cursed under any circumstances.
 
*Prior to [[0.20]], [[miscast effects]] from the [[Charms]] and [[Hexes]] schools of magic could sometimes curse your items.
 
*Prior to [[0.20]], [[miscast effects]] from the [[Charms]] and [[Hexes]] schools of magic could sometimes curse your items.

Revision as of 00:05, 6 August 2021

Obsolete: This article refers to an aspect of the game which has been removed. It is retained for historical reference only.
It has a curse placed upon it.

Some equipment that you could come across will be cursed, rendering it impossible to unequip until you find a way to break the curse. These items will look just like any other item until you equip, identify them, or followed Ashenzari. Depending on the nature of the specific item, this can be a minor irritant or a major hazard. Although useful cursed items appear occasionally, most cursed weapons and armour would have negative enchantment penalties, while cursed jewelry is usually designed to harm the wearer. Because of this, it is wise to careful about equipping unidentified items. Curses could be removed with a scroll of remove curse, or the brand enchantments of Kikubaaqudgha, Lugonu, The Shining One.

While curses were removed from all items found in the dungeon, followers of Ashenzari are given the ability to curse their gear for special bonuses. See that page for more details.

History