Shadow Curse?

[solamon77]

Can someone tell me what this does exactly?

[Talamarie]

Open your character window and check in EFFECT.

[LeoClashes]

reduced armor and resistances, 4 per stack

[Kei]

Originally posted by Talamarie:

Open your character window and check in EFFECT.

Wow thanks captain. So helpful.

[JohnnyxBlack]

Originally posted by Kei:

Originally posted by Talamarie:

Open your character window and check in EFFECT.

Wow thanks captain. So helpful.

Teach a man to fish, and he'll complain you did not just give him fish...

[Elhazzared]

Originally posted by JohnnyxBlack:

Teach a man to fish, and he'll complain you did not just give him fish...

Perhaps the point of the question was to know what it does BEFORE actually taking the curse. I came looking for the same answer since I didn't want to get the curse before knowing it's effects.

[Dusklite]

Originally posted by JohnnyxBlack:

Originally posted by Kei:

Wow thanks captain. So helpful.

Teach a man to fish, and he'll complain you did not just give him fish...

I like "give a man a fire and he'll be warm for the night. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life" so much better.

To add something to the topic: higher curse also has an effect on enemy visibility and brightness as well. High curse means you can't see enemies around the corner (not even on the map) and the visuals are much darker (and slightly desaturated if I remember correctly).

You can lose curse at the pyre. The room with it is easily recognizable by its violet color. The amount you lose is random, but expect roughly around 10 curse to be purged if my experience is correct.

[Redux]

Originally posted by Elhazzared:

Originally posted by JohnnyxBlack:

Teach a man to fish, and he'll complain you did not just give him fish...

Perhaps the point of the question was to know what it does BEFORE actually taking the curse. I came looking for the same answer since I didn't want to get the curse before knowing it's effects.

It's a roguelike... click it and do science. Much more fun. But yeah, stacking resistance/armour penalty. It's quite substantial. You can also get a passive at every curse orb that gives you a bonus based on your total curse amount. It's not worth it. Ever. But sometimes the skill modifiers you get are good/run saving.

[Demox]

Originally posted by Kei:

Originally posted by Talamarie:

Open your character window and check in EFFECT.

Wow thanks captain. So helpful.

Considering it would be a problem if 20 people were coming here and asking something everytime they get a buff. This allows people to look it up themselves and not have to fill forums full of easily answerable questions had they instead just tried at all to learn.

[solamon77]

Originally posted by Elhazzared:

Originally posted by JohnnyxBlack:

Teach a man to fish, and he'll complain you did not just give him fish...

Perhaps the point of the question was to know what it does BEFORE actually taking the curse. I came looking for the same answer since I didn't want to get the curse before knowing it's effects.

Yes, this is exactly why I asked it. Since the game seems to give you a choice in the matter, I didn't want to screw my run by loading up on a negative I didn't understand. And as for the guy claiming 20 people will come in here asking every time they get a buff, that's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and he knows it. Nobody is worried when they get a buff. With Shadow Curse you are asked to trade a negative for a positive but it's hard to accurately gauge the balance if you don't know what the negative actually does.