Condition resistance "cursed" items (w/quest)

[Mino]

An idea for items that would reduce the chance of being afflicted with the various actor conditions. Similar to the jinxed ring of damage resistance, there's a trade-off, but in this case its more severe.

Introduce a new NPC, in the place where we sell the Izthiel claws (assuming the road next to the shack gets opened up and trading at the post is resumed). This NPC mentions how he has some items that will allow you to resist the nasty conditions so many of the nearby creatures can cause but not without a price - they will make you weaker and clumsier. And then there's the actual gold price, which is also high.

But before he'll sell them, he wants a sampling from each of the condition inflicting creatures for study, some of which he's only heard of because they're so far away. You will have to collect:
10 White Wyrm claws
10 Izthiel claws
10 Iqhan pendants
10 poison glands
10 Irdegh poison glands
10 Arulir skin
10 Dead spiders
(since there's no unique drop from the Gorunards except Blackwater Brew, I excluded them from the list)

After you bring him the items, he offers to sell these equipment, and won't even offer a discount after you got everything he asked for.

Cursed helmet of mental strength
Cost: 1000 gold
AC: -15%
AD: -5
BC: -5%
Lowers chance of being afflicted with mental condition by 25%

Cursed gloves of physical strength
Cost: 1500 gold
AC: -10%
Lowers chance of being afflicted with conditions affecting physical capacity by 15%

Cursed boots of physical strength
Cost: 1000 gold
AC: -10%
Lowers chance of being afflicted with conditions affecting physical capacity by 5%

Cursed ring of stronger blood
Cost: 2000
AC: -10%
AD: -3
BC: -5%
Lowers chance of being afflicted with disorders of the blood by 10%

This idea is admittedly with higher level players in mind for the cost of the items and the trade-off in lowered stats.

[Pyrizzle]

interesting ideas for equipment! +1!