Reply To: Fabledbrush Sketchbook

[fabledbrush]

@silentheart00

If he swipes everything merchants could become less friendly with the party the more he does so. Or word of the misdeeds become local gossip.  Or if you feel particularly blood-lusty an assassin could eventually be hired by someone they past stole from. I don’t know what your group is like, but I love to challenge mine with world based consequences. 😉  

Or. . . .
You should design a cursed item knowing that he’ll probably swipe it and that way he’s specifically punished in an entertaining manner that is possibly story relevant. For instance they could meet a really spooky npc who has fancy items, but judging by the location/person a sensible person may think twice about touching those things. But adventures are never sensible and it happens that one object is cursed as all get out.  Another option is to have a ‘don’t open box’ or show signs of something really odd happening around a particular object. Lot’s of options. Best part is the curse doesn’t have to be too damaging, depending on their level (you can make it funny so if it takes a while to lift it it teaches a lesson but doesn’t ruin combat or something). Funny but a nusience are always a riot.

(And you can have some fun in how the curse is bestowed (ex: A freaky dream, the hallucination, sudden appearance of angry ghost, etc.) and how it’s removed. Like either you need remove curse or a catch like the owner of the object has to remove it. Something a good roll could research )

Silly curses:
– Anything you set down makes a loud noise as if you dropped it
– Your footsteps always sound like they are slogging through mud (minor negative to your stealth)
– A npc who sees you first must make a DC# will save or fall stalkish levels of obsessed with you
– You always give off a smell as if you swam in a sewer
– Good ol’ uncooperative intelligent weapon
(or ya know anything on a the minor drawback list )

Anyway just some suggestions, though now I want to draw and design a cursed item. (*Adds to to-do list*)