Granted by Luca, Astalon, Azrael, Vivamort and Balance.
These miracles allow you to put a long-lasting curse on a person. Most curses will last until Midnight that day, but rites exist to increase the duration of some of these curses. The target of these miracles gains the ability to deliver the curse by their next weapon blow. These miracles may only be targeted on the casting priest. When empowered by one of these miracles, on your next weapon blow you may call CURSE. You may choose not to but in that case the effect of the miracle is wasted. This blow may be delivered by melee or ranged weapons if you have the appropriate skill (but if you miss the miracle is also wasted.) Once the CURSE call has been made it will take a short period of time for the curse to take effect.
Level 1: Branding
Range: Self / Weapon Blow
Duration: EFFECT
Call: CURSE
A symbol of your choice, which may be up to two words, appears on the target somewhere (not the forehead); the spirit holding it there takes its toll on the owner of the brand. This is a level 1 effect.
Level 2: Curse of Restraint
Range: Self / Weapon Blow
Duration: EFFECT
Call: CURSE
The victim of this curse must remain at least MASS range (ie. 5 meters) from a person or item, which must be present at the casting of the miracle. This is a level 2 effect.
Level 3: Strike Mute
Range: Self / Weapon Blow
Duration: EFFECT
Call: CURSE
The victim of this curse is not capable of vocalising, to speak or cast spells or miracles. They are affected by SILENCE for the duration of the effect. This is a level 3 effect.
Level 4: Wither
Range: Self / Weapon Blow
Duration: EFFECT
Call: CURSE
The location struck by this curse cannot be used for the curse's duration; it counts as debilitated but may still have hit points left, and likewise may bleed out if sufficiently damaged. If the location cursed is the head or the torso the target instead suffers WEAKNESS for the duration of the curse. This is a level 4 effect.
Level 5: Confusion
Range: Self / Weapon Blow
Duration: EFFECT
Call: CURSE
The victim of this curse is subject to constant confusion, and cannot form long-term memories from the moment they were cursed. For the duration of the effect, the victim will not be able to remember more than 5 minutes in the past, including being cursed, but they may remember everything that happened up to that stage, and will be able to remember more or less everything that happened once the curse expires.
Level 6: Deprivation
Range: Self / Weapon Blow
Duration: EFFECT
Call: CURSE
The targets sight is taken from them, rendering them unable to see at all. The are affected by BLIND for the duration of the effect. This is a level 6 effect.
Level 7: Reckoning
Range: Touch
Duration: EFFECT
Call: DROP
This miracle may only be cast on an unresisting target. Also, in this case, the call is DROP rather than curse, and the effect is instantaneous. The target's spirit is transported briefly to their own special Hell, created for sinners by your deity. The exact description of the Hell, and what happens to them there, depend upon the individual deity. You may be able to cause lasting effects on the victim; these will be explained to you by a ref.