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Post by dmbobby on Feb 13, 2018 1:55:10 GMT
I recently purchased some dragon coins from Norse Foundry. I didn't have any specific plans on how to use them in my campaign, but was sure I'd come up with something and I'm having a little trouble with deciding exactly what to do with them. I just wanted to see what ideas some of you might have, but I was considering something to the effect of them being ancient coins that they would randomly find one on an adventure and then have to go find an elder blacksmith in another town/village that could tell them more about them. In which case, they would be told that there are a total of 5 coins (though I have 10 coins; 2 of each value 1, 5, 10, 25, 100) that were meant to be melted down and used to craft items to help fight the dragons that were plaguing the realms. I figured one coin would be used to make a ring and the other 4 would be used to make a sword, both of which would have attributes to help when fighting dragons in particular. The blacksmith would also tell the PCs the locations which the other coins were believed to reside.
What does everything think? Something similar or completely different is certainly open for conversation. Thanks in advance!
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Post by dmsam on Feb 17, 2018 8:54:52 GMT
If you want to be the scheming sort, they can always be made by dragons that periodically scry through them. The whole purpose can be that these coins usually end up with other similar coins, and through these special coins a dragon (or two) can keep track of how money flows in the mortal realms. How the dragon acts based on the information is entirely up to you.  |
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Post by rorrik on Feb 19, 2018 2:12:34 GMT
Both those ideas are cool, but incompatible. If I were using them to forge weapons, I would particularly aim the weapons made at the preferred weapons of the party, not necessarily swords.
As scrying coins for the dragons, it might be interesting too if they gobbled up other coins into an extra-dimensional space, making it easy for the dragon to retrieve the treasure when the coin is in a less secure place. What would it do to the dragon if one of his coins consumed another or was put into a bag of holding creating a rift to the astral plane?
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Post by DM Onesie Knight on Feb 20, 2018 6:48:02 GMT
What if dragon coins are used to purchase favors from dragons? Dragons are known to be scheming, conniving, ruthless negotiators with no regard for any interest but their own. Cutting a deal with a dragon is almost as bad as signing a contract with a devil, and they are notoriously difficult to entice; few mortals have anything worth offering. It takes a king's ransom to pry the slightest of blessings from a dragon.
But the dragon coins? No one knows why, but dragons are awestruck in their presence and will bend over backwards to acquire one. Stranger still, they will NOT directly harm the owner of a dragon coin. They may hire thieves and assassins, and they may slaughter those around the bearer of the coin, but they will never attack directly.
No one knows what dragons do with the coins they manage to obtain, but the mysterious change in disposition and authority that grips the dragons seems to be involuntary and overwhelming.
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Post by actionman2222 on Feb 27, 2018 19:13:39 GMT
Perhaps the coins are cursed.
Your players spend them but they wind up in their possessions every morning. Causing some calls of robbery from inn & shopkeepers.
Plus some creature (s) begin stalking the party, slow moving but relentless, like wraiths or revenants, only attacking at night when the party are probably least prepared and forcing the party to keep running ahead.
How to rid themselves of the curse? Take them to someone who knows their origins and sets them off on a quest.
(The curse is passed on when someone takes the coins from the corpse of their previous owner).
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Post by dmbobby on Mar 1, 2018 20:34:59 GMT
I'm new to the site and had been checking it daily for several days and gave up and figured it would send me an email when something was added to my post. I assumed wrong! haha Thanks for all of the ideas, everyone. It's much appreciated. Now to do some more brain storming!
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Post by rorrik on Mar 1, 2018 23:24:51 GMT
I'm new to the site and had been checking it daily for several days and gave up and figured it would send me an email when something was added to my post. I assumed wrong! haha Thanks for all of the ideas, everyone. It's much appreciated. Now to do some more brain storming! You can change those settings in your profile, as I did to keep up on things. I don't remember exactly, but I can look at it if you have trouble. |
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Post by dmk on Mar 6, 2018 0:30:27 GMT
The coins could be dragons, or at least a piece of them. Combining all of the previous posts...
The dragon coins are created when a dragon is born, gifted to it as part of a coming of age ceremony should it achieve wyrmhood. It holds a piece of the dragon's soul, and is made partially from clippings of it's parent's coins as well. They have great sentimental value, but also great power. Inscribed on the coin is the true name of the dragon (which includes, as many latin cultures, lineage names). Only a dragon, or those with dragon's blood can read the inscription.
If the dragon's body is killed, a small part of it remains in the coin, and its wisdom is preserved so that other dragons may access it. Among metallic dragons, your next of kin or closest friend will keep the coin safe and secure and pass your wisdom on to their loved ones when they are ready. Among chromatic dragons, they may spend their time torturing the soul of their hated enemies, or use it to animate the corpse as a dracolich to guard their treasures, or simply let it rot at the bottom of their vast hoard.
Some coins, however, have been forged into items of power by the mortal races. When the true nature of these coins was discovered, many were sent to wrest them from newly wyrmed dragons so that they could be harnessed to fuel the expansion of the mortal races and break the grip of their indomitable draconic overlords. As such, many items of power are amalgamations of dragon souls crammed into rings, swords, helmets, and armor, all inscribed secretly with the true names of "dead" dragons.
If a dragon is amused that their coin (or one they have possessed) is in your possession, they may wait with near infinite patience for it to return to them. They may send agents to recover it. if it is their coin, however, the dragon will always avoid being near the owner. For if the owner knows the secret behind the power of these coins, they could enslave the dragons and unravel their power by speaking their true name.
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Post by dmbobby on Mar 22, 2018 17:46:39 GMT
The coins could be dragons, or at least a piece of them. Combining all of the previous posts... The dragon coins are created when a dragon is born, gifted to it as part of a coming of age ceremony should it achieve wyrmhood. It holds a piece of the dragon's soul, and is made partially from clippings of it's parent's coins as well. They have great sentimental value, but also great power. Inscribed on the coin is the true name of the dragon (which includes, as many latin cultures, lineage names). Only a dragon, or those with dragon's blood can read the inscription. If the dragon's body is killed, a small part of it remains in the coin, and its wisdom is preserved so that other dragons may access it. Among metallic dragons, your next of kin or closest friend will keep the coin safe and secure and pass your wisdom on to their loved ones when they are ready. Among chromatic dragons, they may spend their time torturing the soul of their hated enemies, or use it to animate the corpse as a dracolich to guard their treasures, or simply let it rot at the bottom of their vast hoard. Some coins, however, have been forged into items of power by the mortal races. When the true nature of these coins was discovered, many were sent to wrest them from newly wyrmed dragons so that they could be harnessed to fuel the expansion of the mortal races and break the grip of their indomitable draconic overlords. As such, many items of power are amalgamations of dragon souls crammed into rings, swords, helmets, and armor, all inscribed secretly with the true names of "dead" dragons. If a dragon is amused that their coin (or one they have possessed) is in your possession, they may wait with near infinite patience for it to return to them. They may send agents to recover it. if it is their coin, however, the dragon will always avoid being near the owner. For if the owner knows the secret behind the power of these coins, they could enslave the dragons and unravel their power by speaking their true name. Some great ideas here. Thanks for the help. |
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