Another player who was at the table during the incident sent me this meme after the problem player in question (they had a history) left the group chat.

Felt like sharing it here because I’m sure more people should keep this kind of thing in mind.

  • Ilflish
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    11 months ago

    The benefit of homebrew. None of these need to be considered an actual restriction by the PC. Where X is the disability

    • Paladin: Oath of Restriction: You lose X in favour of your patrons
    • Warlock: Any pact: Patron takes X and wishes to see how you fair in life
    • Sorcerer: Any: Born with X but also born with innate magic powers

    All of these have a reason to have a special Counter Remove Curse item.

    A more general idea, cursed heart causes X but if curse is removed host dies.

    I guess a fucker could still steal the homebrew item but if you’re doing that much to negate it that’s a player problem. No reason an enemy would attempt to remove a PC curse unless the knew the affects of the last one.

    The other obvious choice is to play it like real life and refuse the help because its part of your identity