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Whisper Curse

A curse that hoards the words written on its signs and murmurs them, one at a time, to its victim alone.

Pattern​

Hover a tile to name it. Reading pattern diagrams explains the symbols.

5 × 5, one layer. Drawn flat on the ground, facing any compass direction.

ABCBABBDBBCDEDCBBDBBABCBA
  • Activation block
    The glowing cell is the one to click.
  • Spent
    Cells with a corner mark are used up when the rune wakes.

Keys

  • Redstone Torch × 4
    must be lit · spent when the rune wakes
  • Redstone Dust × 12
    spent when the rune wakes
  • Any Hanging Sign or Any Sign × 4
    spent when the rune wakes
    Takes any of 24 blocks in 2 families
    • Any Hanging Sign: Acacia Hanging Sign, Bamboo Hanging Sign, Birch Hanging Sign, Cherry Hanging Sign, Crimson Hanging Sign, Dark Oak Hanging Sign, Jungle Hanging Sign, Mangrove Hanging Sign, Oak Hanging Sign, Pale Oak Hanging Sign, Spruce Hanging Sign, Warped Hanging Sign
    • Any Sign: Acacia Sign, Bamboo Sign, Birch Sign, Cherry Sign, Crimson Sign, Dark Oak Sign, Jungle Sign, Mangrove Sign, Oak Sign, Pale Oak Sign, Spruce Sign, Warped Sign
    On older servers: Sign.
    /runic build places Oak Sign.
  • Any Wool × 4
    spent when the rune wakes
    Takes any of 16 blocks
    • Any Wool: Black Wool, Blue Wool, Brown Wool, Cyan Wool, Gray Wool, Green Wool, Light Blue Wool, Light Gray Wool, Lime Wool, Magenta Wool, Orange Wool, Pink Wool, Purple Wool, Red Wool, White Wool, Yellow Wool
    /runic build places Black Wool.
  • Obsidian × 1
    spent when the rune wakes

How it works​

The Whisper Curse speaks to its victims. Carve words into the signs of the pattern, then wake it while holding a hexed diamond. The words are captured on the diamond. Carve words into at least one sign before the Whisper will bind.

Sink the diamond into a block. Each time a player springs the trap, one of the captured lines appears in their chat, chosen at random, for their eyes alone. The curse leaves no lasting effect.

Tips​

Write riddles, warnings, or ghost stories on the signs, and hide the trap in a haunted house.

See Hexes and curses.

Configuration​

These are the defaults in plugins/Runic/runes/whispercurse.yml. Every rune file also carries the shared settings described in Rune files.

Whisper Curse has no settings of its own beyond the shared ones.

Messages​

6 messages this rune can show
KeyDefault text
reject-itemOnly a hexed diamond may bind this curse.
need-hexBind a hex to this diamond before a curse will take.
already-curseThis diamond already carries a curse; it rejects another.
conflictOther magic on this diamond repels the curse.
need-textCarve words into at least one sign before the Whisper will bind.
bound{curse} binds to your hexed diamond.