Cursed Bloodlines and Dark Heritages
It could be said that life in a fantasy world is pleasant and charming. Sure¸ there's the occassional dragon¸ a brain-eating illithid¸ an undead uprising¸ a power-mad sorcerer and necromantic plagues... but¸ you know¸ sometimes it feels like these magical fantasy worlds don't make life challenging enough for its denizens. Worry not! Let's spice it up with some curses! Cursed Bloodlines and Dark Heritages offers you many twisted curses to place upon your villages¸ character's families¸ regions¸ magical races and worlds themselves! If your players are up for it¸ curse them too! After all¸ why adventure without the handicap of permanently smelling like onions¸ carrying blood that makes metal go limp at your presence¸ or feeling an irresistible¸ unnatural urge to create a doomed rebellion? These curses and heritages can be used in addition to the Backgrounds in the Player's Handbook. Cursed Bloodlines and Dark Heritages includes the following: A d100 table of all manner of curses. d100! A list large enough to include a variety of tragic¸ annoying¸ irksome¸ deadly¸ humorous and even potentially fortunate curses. 8 different origins that can provide you with ideas on just how the people in your world got cursed. Is it hags? (classic) A cabal of secretive wizards? Maybe it's the moon? It has to be the moon! So¸ hey¸ there's this family that has webbed feet and that fishy smell ¸ and then there's the village where all the people are born with fully grown beards ¸ and... oh¸ did you hear about the brothers that spontaneously combusted ?