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Post by dmdante on Jan 15, 2016 5:13:35 GMT
The players walk up to a stall in the fair, they see several weird odds and ends, on the merchants table is a small, blue, birds egg painted with intricate silver runes and designs.
"An interesting piece you'be chosen," the merchant begins, "it is said, within that egg waits a very old... very powerful... very pissed off dragon. And breaking it will let it loose upon the land." The merchant finishes with a too calm demeaner.
The players turn to each other to laugh, and when they turn back, merchant and stall are gone. But the small egg still sits in their hand.
Edit: Fleshed out the idea a bit. The merchant is actually a trickster god who has enchanted the egg. The egg is a hollowed out Robins egg. And incredibly fragile.
If the egg breaks by accident something good happens. Either a magic item pops out or gold.
However, if it breaks through negligence or is broken on purpose. Something bad happens. Cursed ring of shrinking (the ring shrinks over a week/month, my personal favorite cursed item. One way to make it better is to give it a bonus as well) Or some spell effect.
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Post by ino on Jan 16, 2016 8:08:44 GMT
Nice set up. I recently started using more cursed items in my games, but tried to find other items to pair with it for interesting story hooks and make the curse worth enduring. The latest one was a cursed ceremonial dagger of arrow attraction. When combined with a specific gauntlet that could cast suggestion, it became a punching dagger of arrow snatching and domination. I told my players it was a relic of hextor, given to warlords who proved themselves worthy by surviving the curse.
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Post by grimmhelm on Jan 19, 2016 10:02:41 GMT
Ha! that's a great trick would be a great way to end a festival and you want your party to get serious about something.
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