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* In ''[[Betrayal at Krondor]]'', the Lifestone plays this role.
* In ''[[Ultima IV]]'', one can acquire an item called the "Skull of Mondain" (the villain of the very first ''[[Ultima I|Ultima]]'') that can instantly destroy your enemies. However, it also destroys your [[Karma Meter]], to the point of making the game [[Unwinnable]]. Particularly sneaky, since the notion of a [[Karma Meter]] was new at the time.
** [[Ultima VII]] brings us the Black Blade, a sword forged to devour souls and slay the unslayable, a demon bound within and cursed to never leave the Avatar's hand. [[They Wasted Aa Perfectly Good Plot|Except when it does in the next two games, and then the sword never returns.]]
* This is a recurring theme in ''[[Warcraft]] III''.
** In the Human campaign, the runesword [[Meaningful Name|Frostmourne]] (a clear <s>knockoff of</s> [[Homage]] to [[Elric]]'s Stormbringer) curses Arthas.