Cursed!!

[Taqwus]

There's also 'Horror Seed', a nasty ritual which causes the victim to be a contagious horror-marker, essentially. And the victims sprout lesser horrors if and when they die in battle, if memory serves. I don't recall if anybody's tested the frequency of horror-marking.

But generally speaking, unless you're sitting around in the Vale of Infinite Horror, carrying horror-marking equipment, facing astral mages who use Horror Mark or Astral Geyser, get hit by a horror sent by somebody else (horrors tend to have Astral Hooks which horror-mark you; also, non-blood forging or rituals during Astral Corruption), or cast spells which horror-mark the caster (Hell Power comes to mind)... they're not spontaneous.

Don't sit in the Vale wielding Magebane, a Robe of the Archmage, the Boots of the Planes, the Forbidden Light and the Gift of Kurgi unless you enjoy making very otherworldly and violent acquaintances.

[JaghataiKhan]

Originally Posted by Taqwus

There's also 'Horror Seed', a nasty ritual which causes the victim to be a contagious horror-marker, essentially. And the victims sprout lesser horrors if and when they die in battle, if memory serves. I don't recall if anybody's tested the frequency of horror-marking.

But generally speaking, unless you're sitting around in the Vale of Infinite Horror, carrying horror-marking equipment, facing astral mages who use Horror Mark or Astral Geyser, get hit by a horror sent by somebody else (horrors tend to have Astral Hooks which horror-mark you; also, non-blood forging or rituals during Astral Corruption), or cast spells which horror-mark the caster (Hell Power comes to mind)... they're not spontaneous.

Don't sit in the Vale wielding Magebane, a Robe of the Archmage, the Boots of the Planes, the Forbidden Light and the Gift of Kurgi unless you enjoy making very otherworldly and violent acquaintances.

What are all these items and places? Can I read the game content in some library, Dominionapedia?

[Edi]

Originally Posted by JaghataiKhan

What are all these items and places? Can I read the game content in some library, Dominionapedia?

There's a Dominions 3 Strategy Wiki but it's very barebones. Basic mechanics of the game and item descriptions etc are in the manual. There are also other reference documents available on the forums, such as the Dom3 DB. No descriptive text in that, just hard data. Otherwise scour the forums. Lots of discussions about many of these things.