Gypsy Death Curse

Why would you want to kill gypsies? We have punch and pie!

That is the exact reason why. THEY HAVE Punch and pie

Getting back on topic...

The wording has been updated to clarify the targeting process:

Gypsy Death Curse (Continuous) Pre-Req: 7th Level
This skill allows a Gypsy to place a Greater Curse upon the person who caused her death. The Gypsy can curse the individual whose action directly caused her death, or can attempt to curse someone else who was responsible for it. To attempt to curse someone responsible for her death, the Gypsy must name the specific person to the Director within an hour of being killed, who will then verify if the named person indeed had some active part in the Gypsy’s death. If the named person did not have an active role in the Gypsy’s death, according to the Directors discretion, then the curse is wasted and has no effect on anyone; if the named person was involved, then the curse is applied to her.  The decision on whom the gypsy curses is an In-Game mechanic (chosen by the dead gypsy), the naming of the target to the Director is an OOG mechanic, and may include information such as "The NPC played by (OOG Name)."  The target must be a specific individual that can be specifically identified OOG by the player of the Gypsy in some fashion, such as IG name, OOG name, or identifying title or description.

The Gypsy must select a curse from the list of Lesser Curses, and the killer will be afflicted with it as a Greater Curse. The Greater Curse will remain in effect on the killer until the Gypsy releases it, or the Gypsy King releases it, or the killer dies and is resurrected. The effects of this skill will not stand if the Gypsy has avoided in any way taking a death.  This skill bypasses all defenses except for the skill Resist Curse.

This has been updated in the online rulebook.

The Greater Curse will remain in effect on the killer until the Gypsy releases it, or the Gypsy King releases it, or the killer dies and is resurrected...

Situation:  John hates me, and has planned to hire a thug to kill me.  The thug has succeeded and I am dead.  I know John hates me and I have it on good authority that this thug was hired to kill me.  I curse John and it succeeds.

Does John have the curse until THUG (read: killer) dies and is resurrected or until He (Target of Curse) dies and is resurrected?

Killer, in that situation, refers to the orchestrator of the kill, not the hired hand.  If the curse was successful, that means John, the target of the curse, is considered the killer and the curse will lift if he dies and is ressurected.

This just leads to one last question.

Lets say the person that killed the gypsy is dressed completely in black at night and has his face covered so that OOG and IG the Gypsy has no idea who it was. Does the curse work?

2.)  Dave doesn't give you a name in his disguise.  He just comes up behind you and shivs you anyway.  You can Gypsy Death Curse "that a-hole who stabbed me in the back".

So essentially, if they are DIRECTLY the cause of your death you do NOT need to know their name.  If they are INDIRECTLY the cause of your death than you need to find out their name.