Upon casting this spell, the priest may attempt to remove a curse on an object, on a person, or in the form of some undesired sending or evil presence. Note that the remove curse spell does not remove the curse from a cursed shield, weapon, or suit of armor, for example, although the spell typically enables the person afflicted with any such cursed item to get rid of it.
The chance to successfully remove a minor curse is 75%, plus or minus 3% per rank of difference between the caster and the curse. Thus, a rank 7 caster attempting to remove a rank 20 minor curse has a 36% chance of removing the curse (75 - ((20 - 7) x 3) = 36). The cleric may improve his chance of successfully removing the curse by 10% by taking four hours to cast the spell (instead of 10 minutes). This is considered a ritual and requires 100 sp worth of incense and other ritual materials.
The chance to successfully remove a major curse is 30%, plus or minus 2% per rank of difference between the caster and the curse. Thus, a rank 7 caster attempting to remove a rank 20 curse has a 4% chance of removing the curse (30 - ((20 - 7) x 2) = 4). The cleric may improve his chance of successfully removing the curse by 10% by taking sixteen hours to cast the spell (instead of 10 minutes). This is considered a major ritual and requires 200 sp worth of incense and other ritual materials.
In either case, if the cleric fails to remove the curse, the rank of the curse increases by 1 level.
A cleric can attempt to remove a sorcerous curse, but his chance is halved.
Once a cleric has attempted to remove a curse, he may not try again until his rank has improved, or one year has passed since he last tried.
Note that the cleric cannot use this spell on himself. If he is under the effect of a curse, he must find someone else to remove it. |