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'''Bestow curse''' is a [[transmutation]] spell that curses a target.
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'''Bestow curse''' is a [[transmutation]] spell that curses a target.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/lists/spells|title=Spell Index|author=|date=2005-12-19|work=Consolidated Lists|publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]]|accessdate=2007-06-10}}</ref>
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Bestow curse is a common spell in the Realms, though not a popular one.<ref name="FRA-p152">{{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Adventures|152}}</ref>
   
 
==Effect==
 
==Effect==
The caster places a curse on the creature touched. The ''curse'' cannot be dispelled, but it can be removed with a ''[[break enchantment]]'', ''[[limited wish]]'', ''[[miracle]]'', ''[[remove curse]]'', or ''[[wish]]'' spell.
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The caster places a [[curse]] on the creature touched. The ''curse'' cannot be dispelled, but it can be removed with a ''[[break enchantment]]'', ''[[limited wish]]'', ''[[miracle]]'', ''[[remove curse]]'', or ''[[wish]]'' spell.<ref name="PH3.5-p203">{{Cite book/Player's Handbook 3.5|203}}</ref>
   
''Bestow curse'' counters ''remove curse''.
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''Bestow curse'' counters ''remove curse''.<ref name="PH3.5-p203">{{Cite book/Player's Handbook 3.5|203}}</ref>
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== Arcane History==
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The [[Netherese]] [[arcanist]] [[Enollar]] is given the credit for the creation of this spell in -1561 DR.<ref>{{Cite book/Netheril: Empire of Magic|23}}</ref>
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==Divine History==
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The spell bestow curse has been known to clerics for as long as there have been god to worship.<ref>{{Cite book/Netheril: Empire of Magic|124}}</ref>
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==Realmslore==
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In the [[Mulan]] spellcasting tradition<ref name="RoF-p97">{{cite book/Races of Faerun|97}}</ref>curse type magic is well known and used frequently.<ref name="OEp171">{{Cite book/Old Empires|171}}</ref>
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==Notes==
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==References==
 
==References==
 
*{{Cite book/Player's Handbook 3rd edition}}
 
*{{Cite book/Player's Handbook 3rd edition}}
 
*{{Cite book/FRCS|62-66}}
 
*{{Cite book/FRCS|62-66}}
 
 
[[Category:Transmutation spells]]
 
[[Category:Transmutation spells]]
 
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[[Category:3rd level bard spells]]

Revision as of 19:37, 22 March 2009

Bestow curse is a transmutation spell that curses a target.[1]

Bestow curse is a common spell in the Realms, though not a popular one.[2]

Effect

The caster places a curse on the creature touched. The curse cannot be dispelled, but it can be removed with a break enchantment, limited wish, miracle, remove curse, or wish spell.[3]

Bestow curse counters remove curse.[3]


Arcane History

The Netherese arcanist Enollar is given the credit for the creation of this spell in -1561 DR.[4]

Divine History

The spell bestow curse has been known to clerics for as long as there have been god to worship.[5]


Realmslore

In the Mulan spellcasting tradition[6]curse type magic is well known and used frequently.[7]


Notes

  1. Spell Index. Consolidated Lists. Wizards of the Coast. (2005-12-19). Retrieved on 2007-06-10.
  2. Jeff Grubb and Ed Greenwood (1990). Forgotten Realms Adventures. (TSR, Inc), p. 152. ISBN 0-8803-8828-5.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Template:Cite book/Player's Handbook 3.5
  4. slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). Netheril: Empire of Magic. Edited by Jim Butler. (TSR, Inc.), p. Cannot cite pages from this boxed set. See {{Cite book/Netheril: Empire of Magic}} for a list of citations that may be used.. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
  5. slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). Netheril: Empire of Magic. Edited by Jim Butler. (TSR, Inc.), p. Cannot cite pages from this boxed set. See {{Cite book/Netheril: Empire of Magic}} for a list of citations that may be used.. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
  6. Reynolds, Forbeck, Jacobs, Boyd (March 2003). Races of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 97. ISBN 0-7869-2875-1.
  7. Scott Bennie (February 1990). Old Empires. Edited by Mike Breault. (TSR, Inc.), p. 171. ISBN 978-0880388214.

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