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[Dextolen]

I want to make a cursed pair of boots that has the dance spell as a curse.

How would you handle the rules for such an item?

[FrekiWolf]

Cursed dancing boots... What should they do exactly? Make the players character dance for how long? Rounds? Minutes? Hours?
May I suggest that the boots make them dance once per day if they fail a a savingthrow from the curse?

[Dextolen]

I was thinking that they would have to pass a GEI+AU check or dance per the spell for 3-4 rounds.   The GM could force the check anytime he wanted, during combat, trying to sneak, etc.   

The boots can only be removed via the Destroy Magics spell.

The only good effect would be if the character was actually dancing (performing or at a party), then he would get a small bonus (but could he stop???) 

[FrekiWolf]

The GM could force the check anytime he wanted, during combat, trying to sneak, etc.   

That's a bit hard, don't you think? I would rather take some kind of trigger.
3-4 rounds seems legit, maybe even 5 rounds. But what kind of trigger could we use to unleash the curse?
A word, a color maybe,... that would be fun. Or simply the sound of music! So the character has to dance till the music stops, unless he got the GEI+AU check positiv.

Oh I would love that!

[Dextolen]

I am relying on the GM's good graces not to completely ruin the character's life!

It would be quite funny to have it occasionally go off during a stealth move or a fight.  Perhaps 1/day (GM's choosing) + whenever there is music present.

[FrekiWolf]

Well it can be distracting for the players, I guess. 
I will try them out with some of my players too.

I think you got yourself a lovely pair of boots 

[gelber Zauberer]

I would handle it this way:
The boots have a manipulating effect on the one wearing them that makes them want to dance.
Whenever he hears music he can't help himself and starts dancing. This dancing starts out pretty harmless, but he just can't stop. If nobody takes care of him he will start to get exhausted after a short time and later will take increasing damage until he dies from a heartattack or falls uncounsious (<- damn difficult word). Maybe the nonstop dancing will also cause breaking bones and traumatize the victim.
Somehow it also causes a pressure which will causes the wearing person from time to time to do a harmless spontanous dance. If he tries to surpress it he has to pass a check, what will make the next time more dangorous.

I didn't mention exact times because I am kinda new to DS, but this would be how I would basicly handle it.

[CK]

I want to make a cursed pair of boots that has the dance spell as a curse.

How would you handle the rules for such an item?

You mean the rules for how the spell works in the boots or how/when it is triggered?

[Dextolen]

How it is triggered. As a cursed item

[CK]

The "always when music is played"-idea is imho nice, but will only make the pc stying at the room.

Perhaps: Always at his first naturally rolled 20 (in combat or rolls including AGI) per day it's triggered? Or on a 1-10 on d20 after each naturally rolled 20?

[Dextolen]

Perhaps: Always at his first naturally rolled 20 (in combat or rolls including AGI) per day it's triggered? Or on a 1-10 on d20 after each naturally rolled 20?

I like!

[CK]

 

[LordSmith]

 

[Ursus Piscis]

Don't you step on my ... dancing boots?

The boots were created by a mad gnomish wizard, who thought it was quite a joke, that  the spell is triggered by someone hopping on the wearer's toes.
As a specialty, this variant of the spell forces both of them to dance ... 

   

[Dextolen]

Boots of Dancing (Cursed Item)

These boots (also may appear as shoes), present a magical aura if studied. When donned, they are fixed permanently to the wearer's feet and can only come off by having Destroy Magic cast upon them (check penalty -4).  Three situations cause the user to dance per the Dance spell for 5 rounds.  1) When the wearer hears music. 2) When the wearer rolls his first combat fumble (Attack or Defense) per fight, or 3) when fumbling a check involving movement (such as sneak or acrobatics).