Right now all items have a benefit. I think it would be fun to have some negative effect items like in Net Hack. Helms that have a minus defense or a pair of boots that make you sit at random intervals.
Now of course people would just find out what items are cursed and avoid them thats why I say have cursed items look like ordinary items, until equipped but by then its to late it cursed and can't come off. "Is that a normal fancy hat or is it a cursed dunce cap of -5 def"
Ways to detect cursed items we could have an alter or other place of magic like stone or flower circles that you could lay the item in or when magic is in game there could be a detect curse spell. And the same to remove curse, or have a NPC witch or healer you have to pay to get Cursed item removed and detected (another possible money sink).
Some of my favorite Ideas for cursed items that have been thought of
Dunce Cap -5 Def and could also - INT when we get magic
Boots of sitting -3 def makes you sit at random times (could be bad if trying to avoid snakes and scrops)
ring or gloves of electrocution - 3 def can not regen health does damage every once in a while (it could also change the players hair cut to an Afro
Feel free to Yea or Nay and post your own cursed item ideas.
I know a lot of this probably will not be possible until TMWserv but thats okay this gives us a reference for this kinda thing for the future
