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>>21883579
In a story I’m planning the main threat to the heroes is a kind of corruptive magical energy, that can twist and amplify other energies, but has a high tendency towards driving the user mad and rendering them in the thrall of the being that it ultimately comes from. The thing is, other than extreme desperation or arrogance, I’m having trouble justifying mages taking the risk, and given that the heroes will be trying to cure them, I kind of need ideas on that, as well as a way ‘to’ cure them without divine aid. Also, any thoughts on ways to make this magically induced insanity more distinct from the mundane kind besides the drive the serve the evil being?