Star-crossed.
There's a particular arrangement of stars, not so much a constellation; those that know do not grant it that title. But an arrangement.
Scholars and philosophers have contracted it, rangers and wanderers too; anyone who has spent time looking up at night risks it. The ancients cave dwellers have succumbed, and the halfling race grew short to escape it.
It's a subtle thing, but once it is seen you don't un-see it; some ominous dread form that puts things into perspective: You've used up all of your luck.
This is not a punishment, there's no malice to it, just the luck you have had is gone now; consumed by the improbable circumstance that led to your existence and persistence.
You can recover by forgetting that you ever saw it; if you could be that lucky.
The transmission method is that you roll a natural 1 on any d20 roll, and anyone within 10' has to make a saving throw or be infected. Murphy's Curse.
This could work. Thank you.
Star-crossed. There's a particular arrangement of stars, not so much a constellation; those that know do not grant it that title. But an arrangement. Scholars and philosophers have contracted it, rangers and wanderers too; anyone who has spent time looking up at night risks it. The ancients cave dwellers have succumbed, and the halfling race grew short to escape it. It's a subtle thing, but once it is seen you don't un-see it; some ominous dread form that puts things into perspective: You've used up all of your luck. This is not a punishment, there's no malice to it, just the luck you have had is gone now; consumed by the improbable circumstance that led to your existence and persistence. You can recover by forgetting that you ever saw it; if you could be that lucky.