Cursed Scroll (Magic Scroll)

Some scrolls bear powerful curses, placed intentionally or as a result of flawed scroll-making. Cursed scrolls take effect the instant they are read. A cursed scroll can have any effect the DM desires, although few should be outright deadly. Suggested curses include the following:
2d12	Curse
2 	Bad luck (-1 on attacks and saving throws).
3 	The character's beard grows 1" a minute.
4 	The character is teleported away from the rest of the party.
5 	Random monster appears and attacks.
6 	The character is polymorphed into a mouse.
7 	The character shrinks to half normal size.
8 	The character is stricken with weakness, halving his or her Strength score.
9 	The character falls into a deep sleep and cannot be aroused.
10 	The character develops an uncontrollable appetite.
11 	The character must always speak in rhyme (preventing most spellcasting).
12 	The character is blinded or deafened
13 	The character is stricken with cowardice and must make a morale check every time an enemy or monster is encountered.
14 	The character's alignment is changed.
15 	The character suffers 2d6 points of damage.
16 	The character suffers amnesia.
17 	The character feels compelled to give away all belongings.
18 	The character must save vs. paralyzation or petrification.
19 	The reader turns into a frog (or some other harmless animal).
20 	A wandering monster of the same level as the reader appears and attacks the reader by surprise (a free attack with bonuses).
21 	One magical item owned by the reader disappears, the item is chosen or randomly determined by the DM).
22 	The reader loses one level of experience, as if struck by a wight. (The DM should roll again for a first-level character to avoid unfair "instant death")
23 	The reader's Prime Requisite must be rerolled.
24 	Future wounds take twice as long to heal, and healing spells only restore half normal amounts until the curse is lifted.
In general, the effects of a curse can be negated or reversed by a remove curse. Some cases (such as petrification may require the use of other spells. Overcoming a curse should be difficult for the player characters, but not impossible.
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