@SilverDeth @Trevor @judgedread @r000t Had a friend that was running some split game, like, two parties. The first party decided to spread a rumor in the town about the "Head of Vecna" and they dumped a dried head in the cave outside town. You know how the Hand of Vecna works, right? (I don't know if people know this. I didn't, but I wouldn't be expected to, so I don't know if I'm explaining that Luigi is Mario's brother.) You cut off your hand and attach Vecna's hand and then you get some sort of (lich?) powers.

Allegedly, they found the head and there were two characters dead as a result of the Head of Vecna. The first one was "Hell yeah, chop off my head and put the Head of Vecna on!" And the head didn't automatically attach or come to life and the character's body just sort of stayed dead because they chopped the head off. So you'd think there'd be a "fool me once" effect, but "fool me once" is often counteracted by "Everyone stand back: I know karate!" So another guy--everyone stand back, he knows karate--said "No, you're doing it wrong: you have to cut off your *own* head and also you have to attach it before your body dies." and sat in a stone chair with "Vecna's" head and tried to Ruby Goldberg it such that the head would land right on the neck stump. It worked flawlessly: he cut off his head, then the random dried head that had nothing to do with Vecna landed in place and of course, immediately, his body slumped off the chair and the head rolled across the floor. The rest of the party decided not to attempt it.