diff --git a/game/modules/tome/class/Actor.lua b/game/modules/tome/class/Actor.lua
index 85d07c9222f9dd9bf64b35d650ff0b13070ca5bf..97bfeba122670466938efa64a5a026e67ef18b65 100644
--- a/game/modules/tome/class/Actor.lua
+++ b/game/modules/tome/class/Actor.lua
@@ -1293,9 +1293,10 @@ function _M:move(x, y, force)
 	end
 
 	-- knowing Unnatural Body allows you to get the Cursed Aura tree
-	if moved and self:knowTalent(self.T_UNNATURAL_BODY) and not self:knowTalentType("cursed/cursed-aura") then
+	if moved and self:knowTalent(self.T_UNNATURAL_BODY) and not self:knowTalentType("cursed/cursed-aura") and self.chooseCursedAuraTree then
 		if self.player then
 			-- function placed in defiling touch where cursing logic exists
+			self.chooseCursedAuraTree = nil
 			local t = self:getTalentFromId(self.T_DEFILING_TOUCH)
 			t.chooseCursedAuraTree(self, t)
 		end
diff --git a/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/adventurer.lua b/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/adventurer.lua
index c64a16dcc725a25815225af7d135ea5a0e3fea5e..ccf64ee4ef3ac136070e40bc0dc2766dcbda8f31 100644
--- a/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/adventurer.lua
+++ b/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/adventurer.lua
@@ -105,5 +105,6 @@ newBirthDescriptor{
 			{type="weapon", subtype="sling", name="rough leather sling", autoreq=true, ego_chance=-1000},
 			{type="ammo", subtype="shot", name="pouch of iron shots", autoreq=true, ego_chance=-1000},
 		},
+		chooseCursedAuraTree = true,
 	},
 }
diff --git a/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/afflicted.lua b/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/afflicted.lua
index c5f038007cd79f6074c461b2f9ff64a82b92a91b..2db0927e6f7cba2344e1425825edbb9bb4c5ae92 100644
--- a/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/afflicted.lua
+++ b/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/afflicted.lua
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ newBirthDescriptor{
 			{type="weapon", subtype="battleaxe", name="iron battleaxe", autoreq=true, ego_chance=-1000},
 			{type="armor", subtype="heavy", name="iron mail armour", autoreq=true, ego_chance=-1000, ego_chance=-1000}
 		},
+		chooseCursedAuraTree = true
 	},
 	copy_add = {
 		life_rating = 2,
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ newBirthDescriptor{
 			{type="weapon", subtype="mindstar", name="mossy mindstar", autoreq=true, ego_chance=-1000},
 			{type="armor", subtype="cloth", name="linen robe", autoreq=true, ego_chance=-1000},
 		},
+		chooseCursedAuraTree = true
 	},
 	copy_add = {
 	},
diff --git a/game/modules/tome/data/talents/cursed/cursed-aura.lua b/game/modules/tome/data/talents/cursed/cursed-aura.lua
index 27174f03912f126d187f76d6458fdca546fac118..a8cb13df54a6b360bfd1747b39b324647b28c8d6 100644
--- a/game/modules/tome/data/talents/cursed/cursed-aura.lua
+++ b/game/modules/tome/data/talents/cursed/cursed-aura.lua
@@ -162,15 +162,14 @@ newTalent{
 			if choose then
 				Dialog:yesnoLongPopup(
 					"Cursed Fate",
-					("The %s lying nearby catches your attention. What draws you to it is not the thing itself, but something burning inside you. You feel contempt for it and all worldly things. This feeling is not new but the power of it overwhelms you. You reach out to touch the object, to curse it, to defile it. And you notice it begin to change. The colors of it begin to fade and are replaced with an insatiable hate. For a moment you hesistate. You know you must choose to resist this manifestation of your curse now and forever, or fall further into your madness."):format(item.name),
+					("The %s lying nearby catches your attention. What draws you to it is not the thing itself, but something burning inside you. You feel contempt for it and all worldly things. This feeling is not new but the power of it overwhelms you. You reach out to touch the object, to curse it, to defile it. And you notice it begin to change. The colors of it begin to fade and are replaced with an insatiable hate. For a moment you hesitate. You know you must choose to resist this manifestation of your curse now and forever, or fall further into your madness."):format(item.name),
 					300,
 					function(ret)
 						if ret then
-							Dialog:simpleLongPopup("Cursed Fate", (" The %s lies defiled at your feet. An aura of hatred surrounds you and you now feel truly cursed. You have gained the Cursed Aura talent tree and 1 point in Defiling Touch, but at the cost of 2 Willpower."):format(item.name), 300)
+							Dialog:simpleLongPopup("Cursed Fate", ("The %s lies defiled at your feet. An aura of hatred surrounds you and you now feel truly cursed. You have gained the Cursed Aura talent tree and 1 point in Defiling Touch, but at the cost of 2 Willpower."):format(item.name), 300)
 							self:learnTalentType("cursed/cursed-aura", true)
 							self:learnTalent(self.T_DEFILING_TOUCH, true, 1, {no_unlearn=true})
-							self.inc_stats[self.STAT_WIL] = self.inc_stats[self.STAT_WIL] - 2
-							self:onStatChange(self.STAT_WIL, -2)
+							self:incIncStat(Stats.STAT_WIL, -2)
 							t.curseItem(self, t, item)
 							t.curseInventory(self, t)
 							t.curseFloor(self, t, self.x, self.y)