This spell further enchants a cursed item of any kind. When any owner other than the original worker of this spell attempts to dispose of it, a chain of coincidences conspires to return it.
A smashed ceramic statue might be laboriously glued together by a building superintendent and returned with an expectation of gratitude. A DVD thrown out of a car window is found by the owner’s best friend and given to him as a gift.
When no possible further coincidence could possibly explain the item’s return, it makes one final reappearance, shiny and new, after which point its owner is able to destroy or dispose of it. However, if that last disposal then opens up another possible coincidental return, the cycle continues.
The willworker must add five successes to the target number for each other spell or enchantment, including other curses, worked into the item.
Certain later manifestations of the Bad Penny risk triggering Disbelief, which can then act to dispel the
curse, if the Sleeper accumulates enough Resolve + Composure successes to exceed the Potency of the original Bad Penny spell.
Silver Ladder Rote: Eternal Recurrence
Silver Ladder mages are partial to this trick, symbolizing as it does their unswerving determination to ensure that those who are screwed by the hierarchy stay screwed.
