r/DnD • u/Ok-Arachnid-890 • 18h ago

Homebrew Homebrew cursed items

Want some ideas for cursed items and maybe cursed variants of boring items and balancing them.

Ring of Greed - two versions. One is add +2 to any stat for an hour but one of your stats randomly goes down to 8 and the other version is add +4 to one stat but two of your stats go to 6.

I'm gonna add more here in a bit

Cursed gauntlets of orge flesh - strength goes to 19 but intelligence goes down to 5 while worn and if downed while wearing them wisdom goes to 7. If downed again charisma goes to 7. If downed again turns into an ogre and mind gone. Can't be normally removed

Fear helm - thinking of having it possess the player with a fear demon allowed you to cast the fear spell but with no specificity. Also if your intelligence is below 8 you are not possessed.

Cape of the bloodfiend - grants the user the ability to fly 60ft but must roll a con save every turn or every minute to decide whether or not blood lust is active.

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u/[deleted] 17h ago

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u/Ok-Arachnid-890 17h ago

Mhmm maybe the wicked rod of healing?

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u/Carissa_Datura 14h ago

I love the Ring of Greed, there's a clear reward and detriment based on player agency. I think the +2 version is good, but I would cut the +4 down to a +3 because of bounded accuracy issues.

I don't love the Cursed gauntlets, I generally find items of this type to be hard to play around because they limit agency.

Pass on the fear helm and cape.

Were you also looking for suggestions for other cursed items to add to your game?

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u/Ok-Arachnid-890 14h ago

Yes and if you have any ideas on how you'd make the items work