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.
"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.
