Another *fulcral* question for Ravenloft DM’s is “Curses”
Are there any hard lines on what is a Curse, and how they interact with the game, or are they just a magical effect? Gimme some context here. Do you mean people using the powers checks system from older editions with regard to curses, or something else?— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 18, 2020
Something else. Lots of features refer to “a curse”, such as the Remove Curse or Greater Restoration spell, but unlike conditions there really isn’t centralized reference to “what a Curse is.” "cursing" shows up in spells, like Bestow, class features, like Hexblade Curse, magic items, like Stone of Ill Luck, NPC traits, like a Vistani's Eye, (even popular homebrew, like the Blood hunter) , and if a player asks me what a Curse is, I don't know how to answer plainly.
— Themyscira (@ThemyscirKnight) January 18, 2020
Gotcha. Simply put, an effect is a curse if it's called a curse, says it curses the target.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) January 18, 2020