D&D Homebrews

An ant rolls a small diamond up to you, followed by a dozen more ants bearing a note. It says “We’re at war. Need mercenaries. 50 more like this for your help.”

The actual war, between two sentient ant colonies, is not very dangerous.* The real mission is the harrowing journey through miles of wilderness to the nest of your employers. Will you risk the lives of your ant guides by having them follow the scent trail home? Or become lost in the woods as you look for tiny landmarks?

This old flintlock pistol has no safety features, but its barrel is true and it is easy to load. In fact, the owner often finds it loaded when they didn’t intend to put any powder or shot in. The Gun of Chekhov has a minor curse that has brought misfortune on many people who encounter it - if a player or GM mentions the gun, it must be fired before the end of the scene, for a reasonable cause and at a reasonable target. If nobody does so, the pistol will fall from a table or pocket and discharge on its own, causing the most dramatic possible damage.

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Finally, there's the ultimate curses of curses known as a Soul-Bound Curse. Curing this requires the spells Mass Heal, Power Word Heal, or Wish. At your discretion, maybe a successful Channel Divinity could cure it as well.

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(With reference to this post here.)

In this context, "fantasy heartbreaker" is a colloquial term for when an aspiring new indie tabletop RPG designer decides they're going to Fix What's Wrong With RPGs; however, because their actual experience of the hobby is almost entirely limited to Dungeons & Dragons and very close imitators of Dungeons & Dragons, their revolutionary new game ends up just being a lightly modified version of Dungeons & Dragons.

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