Does bestow curse stack?

Question

I was curious that would the spell "bestow curse" stack with any other curses?

Would it stack if two "bestow curses" were to be casted on one given target?

Is it the same ruling for "greater bestow curse"?

Answer 1

Yes, they stack, but only with curses from different sources and spells.

Notice that the modifiers in the sample effects of bestow curse are untyped modifiers. Untyped modifiers from different sources stack, according to the rules on modifier stacking:

In most cases, modifiers to a given check or roll stack (combine for a cumulative effect) if they come from different sources and have different types (or no type at all), but do not stack if they have the same type or come from the same source (such as the same spell cast twice in succession). — "Modifiers, Stacking", d20SRD.org

So this means that:

• The modifiers of bestow curse will not stack with another casting of bestow curse (assuming you choose the same effect of course).
• The modifiers from casting bestow curse twice and choosing different curses will both work, because they are modifying different things.
• These are equally true for greater bestow curse with another casting of greater bestow curse.
• The effects of bestow curse and greater bestow curse will stack with each other.