Curse

A Curse is a powerful, negative magical effect. A curse is hard to remove. Only a handful of specialized spells can hope to remove even a weak curse. A more powerful curse needs great power to remove, if it's possible at all.

A curse, by itself, is not evil. Curses are often used as punishments or handicaps, by everyone, regardless of alignment.

Types of curses

 * Spell Curses-The simplest and most basic curse is the one created by the spell bestow curse. Other common spell curses are bestow greater curse, curse water, geas/quest,Laeral's crowning touch, and lesser geas.
 * Item Curses-Any mundane or magical item can fall under a curse, and pass that curse unto others that possess the item. Often this type of item is created as a trap by an individual, an accident, or the decay of time.
 * Family Curses-This type of curse often starts off as one of the other types, but changes over time to effect the whole family of the individual cursed. In some rare cases a powerful curse can be put on a whole family.
 * Undead-The existence of undead is a curse on life.
 * Divine Curses-This type of curse is inflicted on a person, place or thing in accord with a gods ethos. They are always powerful and often spectacular.
 * Unknowable Curses-This is the final catch all category for the wild and very powerful curses.