Mesos' Curse

From Library of Lokil

The destruction of Mesos sent out waves of arcane force that disrupted the casting of spells for days. In addition, however, it was discovered that this wave of disruption adversely affected many items of magic. Many were destroyed; some simply left inert, while others exploded in a brilliant detonation of arcane enery. Many though had their functioning twisted & corrupted.

This strange warping is known as Mesos' Curse. Mesos' Curse even somehow affects newly created magic items, which partly explains the rarity & expense of magic items on Scarn. Scholars believe that this is because the disruption wave created with Mesos' destruction has not actually dissipated on the Astral Plane, but instead continues to cross and criss-cross the world, expanding and bouncing back like ripples in a cup of wine. The percentage of items affected in this manner is believed to be relatively small, anywhere between 5% to 10% of all the magic items in the world are flawed or twisted in some way. But this is small comfort if you happen to be among those 5% to 10% of people who happen to have such a flawed item in your posession.