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Though the trope name says "amulet", this trope isn't necessarily something that's been created deliberately, or something that deliberately came into the user's possession. It can be someting acquired accidently, a natural object, etc. It can also be a direct consequence or side effect of being [[Cursed with Awesome]] or [[Blessed with Suck]], or part of a being's nature it was born with, such as supernatural beings that have certain vulnerabilities.
If the owner of the Amulet of Dependency is also carrying the [[Villain Ball]], his response is usually to set up all sorts of [[Death Trap|Death Traps]] that the hero must survive to activate the Achilles Heel, thus setting the scene for [[
Can be [[An Aesop]] about illegal drugs, but it often isn't.
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== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* In ''[[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]]'', [[Cthulhu Mythos]] spells and magic items grant the user great power, but inevitably lead to complete insanity and probable death.
* ''[[Shadowrun]]'':
** The drug Kamikaze tremendously boosted your combat abilities, but each use permanently destroyed part of your body's ability to resist damage, and would eventually kill you.
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