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					Originally Posted by brxbrx
					
				 I thought looting cursed items was patched out | 
	
 You can always pick up cursed items dropped by friendly units (including mercs).
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					Originally Posted by brxbrx
					
				 If you're blood, the only way to salvage the situation is to make the gift of Kurgi and give it to him. | 
	
 If you can forge Kurgi, you are better off not giving it to a guy who can't survive single combat with a lesser horror.
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					Originally Posted by shatner
					
				 I think the same is true of default afflictions for pretenders (i.e. you can't cure the Forge Lord's limp or the Allfather's missing eye), though I'm not 100% on that. | 
	
 That's not true.  Pretender afflictions, including initial afflictions, can be cured just like normal unit afflictions.
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					Originally Posted by Doo
					
				 Personally, I'd just suicide the guy. Just beware to collar doing the rounds | 
	
 This.  And since he's in the HOF, when he dies you could even make a H3 mummy out of him, assuming you'll eventually get the Chalice or GoH.