Spider Stomper
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Livery (a sort of curse reform)
The idea is that specific branches have a "livery", a set of uniforms for favored servants that offer great advantages and are hence widely renowned. To prevent their servants from being killed and robbed for their valuable armour, the branches have installed a magical security feature: only a specialized key can unlock the armour. Optionally, those wearing it are also trackable by some or all agents of that branch. The key, a.k.a. rune, is kept in a very safe place, naturally...
The livery should be:
* Very good armour (or jewelry, even weapons, whatever...), relatively speaking
* Possess specific advantages for the branch it is found in, e.g. multiple levels of cold resistance for Cocytus.
* Optionally, it reduces stealth or even creates a Sentinel Mark effect while the wearer is on that branch, or relative to specific types of monsters.
* Because it is widely renowned, it always starts fully identified.
* Freely removable if and only if you have the rune - sneaking in and stealing it for this purpose is definitely fair play.
* Should be encountered rather frequently in the branch itself, but also turn up as a rare item or at the markets - at a significant discount, one would expect, relative to its power
* Should be treated as cursed for purposes of monster use, at least unless they happen to be standing on the rune and I think we can ignore that.
The rest... is up to you.