Cursed Items (Spoiler Maybe)

[skywalker]

I just found Puck's Cap which gives 10% verses Earth Spells +3 AC +10 Music -10 Piety, but it is cursed. Since a Bard doesn't need Piety, not a big deal (I think). Does anyone know if there are any unseen, unknown effects connected to cursed items (other than not being able to remove them?

[Elara]

My bard is wearing the Puck's Cap and it doesn't seem to be hurting her performance. Piety does determine stamina to some degree, which the bard requires a lot of to use the instruments, so it's was a tradeoff early levels on when her stamina was low though.

If a cursed weapon is used, then the char cannot swap to a long range weapon, so there is a bit of a limitation there..

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So how does one become a member of the Illuminati anyway, eh? Is it a forefather thing?

Hello Skywalker!
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I had the non-sense to equip a powerful cursed weapon once recently and the character kept taking a damage until we got it off of him (via reload lol)

[Tedium]

A powerful cursed weapon? Faust Halberd?

I LOVE that weapon, I usually keep it in the alternate slot of Vi's inventory.. When something truly nasty creeps up, I switch her to it.. A quick Remove Curse from my priest, and it's back in the Alternate slot again.

[skywalker]

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Originally posted by Elara:
So how does one become a member of the Illuminati anyway, eh? Is it a forefather thing?

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Elara!

The Illuminati is (was?) a group created as a little joke by Diogenes of Pumkintown. It includes a number of members who share a political viewpoint at General Discussions or the War Forum. We are (were) Dio, Silver Cheetah, G-Kar, Fljotsdale, Tracey, Kaz, Dragon Mage, Reeka, and me. You may still see a reference to the Illuminati on the signature line of the members. It was sorta to poke fun at the clans I think.

Back on topic okay?

Moni (Hi Sweetheart)!

Do all cursed items cause damage?

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No, Mark. I had equipped someone with a poison dagger once and it just kept the character from being able to switch weapons.

Tedium,
Not Faust Halberd. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Skrewloose]

Most cursed weapons have only the drawback of not being able to unequip them (so you can't switch to a bow/sling when monsters are at a distance). You can still throw bombs and powders and such, though, so it's not TOO much of a drawback in most cases.

A few are cursed so you can't remove them AND they take away from a stat or damage you like the Polearm that was mentioned.

I was using 2 Thieves Daggers on my Rogue (Cursed, but NICE damage daggers), but switched to stillettos. They do less damage but have a higher instant kill %.

[Scronan]

Hi,

Some of the best weapons are cursed, like Poison Daggers and Thieves Daggers. Bloodlust is one such, but equiping it prevents my Fighter from using his Bow, so I didn't find much use except in a big fight.

I did find the Staff of Doom, and in this game is seems all harmful side affects are listed. However, I've found a few items that give you a +1 Health regeneration, which will counter-act the affects of the -1 HP drain from the staff.

Its a powerful weapon, one of the most powerful I've seen yet, so it some cases, its worth it! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Best

Scronan

[Sazerac]

Cursed weapons have been around since Wizardry I: Proving Grounds. As it said in the old manuals, "don't worry too much about cursed items...some of the best items in the game like to 'stick around.' " )

The Faust Halberd and the Doom Staff do cause HP drain, but as was said earlier, there are regeneration amulets, et al, that will counteract this.

-Sazerac