The Blade That Curses

Type of knife: 12 inch chef's knife
Magic level: High
Intelligence: High

To the casual observer, this knife looks very much like any chef's knife you might find anywhere. Only two things give it away: it has a stain on the handle that looks like a tiny handprint and the blade never needs to be sharpened.

If someone recognizes the knife, or if they seem worthy in the knife's opinion, it will reveal itself to them. The truename of this blade is unknown and it simply calls itself "Knife". Going by things it has mentioned to those who have used it, we know the knife is around 400 years old and most likely came from the great city of D'Lin, which is located on the great Eastern Continent.

Once the blade has "gotten to know you", it will ask who you wish to curse and how you wish to curse them. Note that the blade will only curse humanoids and dragons. Within that restriction, the choice of curses it can place upon the victim is nearly limitless.

The knife tells the person using it to prepare a sumptuous meal for the intended victim. This may require a good deal of advance planning. Cooking skill is not needed, since the knife knows what to do and instructs the user. As the meal cooks, both the knife and the user recite a complex chant in an unknown language. When the meal is done and eaten by the victim, the curse takes immediate effect.

A few hours after the curse goes into effect, the user of the knife gets the sudden urge to cut themselves with it, usually across the palm of the hand. They then drop a few teaspoons of blood on the knife blade. The next thing they know, they are waking up hours later, their hand is healed fully and the knife is gone