| d20 | Curse (Silly) | How it hinders the mansion challenges | | --: | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1 | **Jingle-Steps**: You constantly jingle. Disadvantage on Stealth. | Ruins sneaking/quiet coordination; distracts in Choir. | | 2 | **Tinsel Fingers**: Hands are wrapped in tinsel mitts. Disadvantage on Hand based actions | Hard to place logs/gifts, serve food, hang baubles. | | 3 | **Eggnog Hiccups**: Every time you speak, you hiccup glitter. Disadvantage on Persuasion/Performance. | Wrecks speeches, carol roles, heartfelt “gift meaning”. | | 4 | **Coal Heartbeat**: Your chest thumps like a drum. -2 to Insight checks. | Makes “thoughtful gift” / “truth” reads harder. | | 5 | **Mistletoe Magnet**: A mistletoe floats above you. Creatures within 15 ft must save (DC 12 Wis) or be **distracted** (disadvantage on next roll). | Creates chaos when trying to stand in exact spots / coordinate. | | 6 | **Candy Cane Limp**: Speed 10 ft. | Makes “stand here / move there” puzzles harder; slows helping others. | | 7 | **Over-Wrapped**: You are **restrained** until end of your next turn at the start of each puzzle room (once per room). | Immediate nuisance when action starts—great under pressure. | | 8 | **Silent Night**: You can’t speak above a whisper. Verbal spells fail (wasted slot) unless you pass DC 12 Con check. | Choir puzzle + heartfelt confessions get messy. | | 9 | **Too Loud Night**: You can’t whisper; everything you say booms. Disadvantage on Stealth; advantage on Intimidation. | Choir becomes chaotic; sincerity moments feel “performed”. | | 10 | **Sticky Pudding Curse**: When you touch an object, it lightly sticks. Interaction takes an extra action. | Placing logs, swapping gifts, serving plates, hanging ornaments—slower. | | 11 | **The Wrong Gift**: The next gift/item you hand someone transforms into a useless novelty (rubber reindeer) for 1 minute. | Makes the “Perfect Gift” puzzle harder unless they adapt emotionally. | | 12 | **Cold Aura**: Your warmth snuffs candles. Fire won’t catch within 5 ft of you. | Hearth puzzle becomes tricky unless you step back or someone else feeds it. | | 13 | **Candy Time**: Turned into a Candy, Other monsters can eat you | Nom Nom Nom | | 14 | **Not For you**: anytime someone would you something or you pick something up it turns to coal | Slows decisions; encourages exactly what Grump hates. Funny + harmful. | | 15 | **Festive Echo**: You Speak your sentences backwards | Ruins private talks, confessions, choir timing. | | 16 | **Soot-Sneeze**: At the start of each of your turns, roll d6: on 1, you’re **blinded** until end of turn (sneeze cloud). | Messes with precise placements/serving/ornament hanging. | | 17 | **Nice List Allergy**: If you try to compliment someone, you cough and can’t finish. DC 12 Cha check to push through. | Directly hinders “Praise”, “Thoughtful gift”, “Truth” moments. | | 18 | **Frosted Memory**: You forget the last 30 seconds. Disadvantage on the next check you make. | Makes teamwork/choir coordination and puzzle sequences harder. | | 19 | **Chair Gremlin**: Any chair/food you approach scoots away 5 ft. | Absolutely screws with “make space / take a seat / leave a seat” themes. | | 20 | **Naughty Stamp**: A glowing red “NAUGHTY” appears on your forehead. All NPC spirits are wary: disadvantage on Persuasion, but advantage on Performance (they’re entertained). | Makes sincerity harder unless they prove it through actions. | ## Quick GM Rule to Make It Sing To keep it from feeling punishing: **Any curse ends instantly if the PC does something selfless that costs them something** (gives away warmth, gives up seat, tells an honest truth, shares scarce food, helps another succeed). Grump watching, muttering: > “Hmph. Fine. That one comes off.” If you want, I can also make a matching **d20 Nice List Blessings** table that _helps_ with the same puzzles (also silly), so the mansion feels like a living judgement system.