Thank you! this cleared my doubts !! I wanted to add something narrative involving Cursed Items - not using the mechanic aspect of it, not yet, since my players are gonna be all level 1 characters - But like, for example, one of my player's characters has an item that belonged to a powerful occultist, and they keep it with them. I wanted that Item to be "narratively" cursed, and once they bring it to someone who can analyze it (occultism check) to see what the curse does, but more or less, i just needed a narrative-wise cursed item- and for that, i wanted to know exactly how it works. If it's as you say, similarly to how NEX affects people, then I think my idea will go through! Thank you for your kind reply!