Thinkin about this - would a keep getting lost spell help?
You meet up with an 'unavoidable character' the first time you approach the Border after downloading - give reason why and how the spell is:
1) He is experimenting, and decided to use you as a test subject - he is sooo sorry, but something went wrong, but all will be ok, he will fix, yes
Meet him in his laboratory in such a town and he will have a counterspell ready for you... :yes:
Umm, he has be called to the Imperial Capital - someone important is interested in his research! :banana:
His (trusty) assistant can assist.... uh ohhh... :[
Helpful assistance is forthcoming - buuuut there is a small drawback, it cannot be cast on you directly, so he has cast the new spell on 'a certain public transport vehicle'. And he will do so with others too - just to be helpful!
any use?
2) You have made (yet another) enemy! - by doing whatever - and have been cursed!
You need help! There is a local researcher/priest/priestess who can help - the counterspell has to be specially crafted and the helper needs to know the exact wording of the curse.
a) You seek out the culprit's abode, but he/she will not willingly help - there is a fight , there is an explosion - there is only a scrap of the now deceased's curse remaining so there can only be a partial fix - This fragment can be used to create a partial counterspell - there is not enough to do more so it will work on - designated transport only = something that regularly travels there and so has momentum...
b) This s.o.b. is luckier than Fargoth (may actually be a relative) and you just cannot defeat, capture, whatever - he/she will never speak to you because of what you did (but never tells you what you did) but eventually will drop a written fragment of his/her curse in the process.
This fragment can be used to create a partial counterspell, but the damnable luck of the Fargoth Family ensures that... it will work on - designated transport only = something that regularly travels there and so has momentum...