Curse of Penance

The caster cuts their hand with the ritual knife and draws a dark magic circle and burning in its center an item important to the victim or a piece of the victim's body while uttering dark words of malevolence and evil.

This spell can only be cast out of combat as a ritual and the caster is required to know the full true name and face of the victim.

Upon casting this spell the caster must name a desired effect and trigger for said effect subject to the DM's approval or refusal.

Upon meeting the conditions named by the caster the curse is triggered and the victim is subjected to the effects of the curse.

The effects of the curse can only be negative, painfull, deadly, or otherwise evil and malicious and can not confer any type of boon or benefit.

Casting this spell using a spell slot of a level higher than 3 allows the caster to affect more than one victim for every spellslot level higher than 3 however this will still require material components for each victim. 

The Curse can only be removed by spells such as Remove Curse, Greater Restoration, Extract Curse or Wish.