Isn't the BoVD 3rd edition?

You might need to do some serious updating to get it all the way up to 3.75.

Also, with those alternate curses, a lot of them have the undesired effect of hurting bystanders without giving those bystanders a defense. That means, when you cast bestow curse on level one peasant... suddenly, you've mind controlled the next opponent you face into wasting his first turn on the peasant, regardless of how good that person's will save is.