Curse Generator

What this generator does

Draws a curse concept. The useful ones are curses a character can live with — an inconvenience that shapes behaviour session after session — rather than ones that simply reduce a number, because a curse the party removes at the next temple was never really part of the story.

What you'll get

This generator draws from a hand-checked list of 10 entries. Here is a spread of 6 of them, so you can see the style before you generate:

• Every lie the cursed speaks becomes true, however inconvenient
• The cursed cannot be recognised by anyone who has met them before
• The cursed's shadow moves independently, half a second out of sync
• The cursed hears every whispered conversation nearby, whether they want to or not
• Mirrors show the cursed as they were exactly one year ago
• Every promise the cursed breaks costs them a memory

A fixed sample of the list, not a live draw — your own results are picked at random from all 10, without repeating until the list runs out. Original authoring for Generate Random.. Last reviewed 2026-07-19.

How to use this tool

1. Press generate for a curse.

Worked examples

A drawn curse

"Every promise the cursed breaks costs them a memory"

Common use cases

• Tabletop RPG plot devices
• Fiction-writing magic-system ideas
• Quick session-filler content

Limitations and good to know

• 10 curses in total, so a campaign using several will exhaust the list quickly.
• The curse is described but not mechanised — translating it into your system's stat penalties or restrictions is left to you.

Practical tips

• Decide the condition for lifting it when you introduce it, even if nobody is told. A curse with no exit becomes a permanent penalty the player resents rather than a plot.