Felltower Disads & Point Total clarification – item disadvantages

For DF Felltower, when a magic item gives or has a disadvantage, the PC that wield it/owns it suffers from the disadvantage but their point total is not decreased.

For example, Percy is 318 points and carries Agar’s Wand, which is a Weirdness Magnet. Percy suffers the effects of the disadvantage, but does drop to 303 points in value.

This is done so that PCs do not have a loot requirement (see DF21) that is below a given threshold thanks to have a magic item that has disadvantages. It’s purely disadvantageous, and carries no additional benefits.

FWIW, this also applies to disadvantages earned/gained in play that take you below -55 points. The cap of effective point reduction for thresholds is -55, regardless of how or why the additional disadvantages were gained.