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Full Item Description
A multifaceted lead glass paperweight found in any stationary store. It is palm sized.
History
A common enough ancient enchantment, if you study dark tomes. The origins of the spells are lost to the depths of history. The triggers for said items are normally “evil”, those that are selfish. That negative emotional energy is the tiny bit of energy needed to release the effect.
Magic/Cursed Properties
By holding this crystal so you can see it and another person, and having envy or greed or evil intent in your heart, you can trap the target’s soul in the crystal. The person in question becomes a souless shadow of themselves. They act like themselves, but without the “spark”. They are dull, unimaginative, and fairly unemotional. By concentrating hard on the crystal, you can take control of the souless one’s body. The process is somewhat taxing, but can be done for hours at a time. The soul trapped inside the crystal empowers the magics, so eventually it can be worn down. If another is taken into the crystal before the first one is gone, the soul is kicked out as a ghost. It may or may not find its way back to its body, it all depends on the abilities of the soul.
A pity this crystal looks like a multifaceted lead glass paperweight found in any stationary store. It can be kept in plain site and nobody will know.
A greter pity is that you can stuff your own soul in it, if you catch your reflection in the crystal and stare at it long enough (with evil thoughts in your mind).
November 11, 2005, 19:56
4 cause cool has four letters.
February 1, 2006, 16:32
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August 20, 2006, 9:44
Oh and thank you for the HoH
August 25, 2006, 4:53
sssooooo many uses the fun is endless for GM's and PC's who like a bit of a dark twist in ther game.
September 8, 2006, 19:23
*Wrings hand menacingly...*
June 23, 2008, 14:48
Beware of reversing the curse. If the soul remains trapped inside the crystal, one is shielded from retaliation. However, if the cursed takes the crystal to another practitioner with more "spiritual power" than the one who initially placed the curse, the result can be not only a reversal (sending it back to the cursor) but three times over. Furthermore, the cursed may wish to send a curse in return, and this can lead to instantaneous death.
However, that curse will return to the accursed in the same fashion, creating a vicious cycle of destruction that can follow generations.
Thus, if a soul is trapped in a crystal, the best thing to do in order to reverse said curse is to give the crystal to the cursed one and again, instruct them on the care of it to prevent this cycle and further harm.
Once contained within the crystal, the soul cannot be unbound, however.
June 24, 2008, 16:53
Unfortunately, this is not a curse - a spell focus, this is a spell bound to an item, not the manifestation of spell itself. In worlds where traditional/ static magics work, what they said will work to a degree. The item can't be safely destroyed with a soul inside, though the disenchanted option is possible. You could use an elemental or animal soul to release the existing trapped soul (in which you will then need a guiding ritual to make sure it makes it back to the correct body). Salt binding for the item is advisable.