Payase's Cursed Painting

Among the haunted curios Payase gathers as a cursed object collector is this painting, bought specifically to expand his hoard. Its hex is unusual: rather than harming anyone directly, it sparks fires around itself almost every day. Payase, who treats danger as part of the hobby, was entirely untroubled by the constant blazes the piece brought into his home.

The painting's curse manifests as recurring spontaneous combustion, setting fires on a near daily schedule wherever it is kept. The artwork itself shows an eyeless head, visible from the nose upward, resting atop a hill scattered with little white figures. Faint humanoid shapes loom in the background and gaze toward anyone looking at it, all beneath a cloudy night sky lit by a full moon. A wooden frame trimmed with laurel ornaments at each corner completes its eerie presentation.

Payase is the sole owner, having purchased the painting to join his collection of cursed items. The repeated house fires it caused did nothing to dampen his enthusiasm. The design appears to riff on real world art, with fans noting echoes of a flaming skull painting from Minecraft as well as imagery resembling works attributed to Hieronymus Bosch, blending a giant head with figures half submerged in a fiery sea.