You crack open the beholder and find scrolls.
It is a cool topic, but you may have gone all in right from the deal with that story – what are the odds that anyone can beat the Beholder scroll piñata story?!
I’m always kind of stumped by generic treasure situations: some goblinoid or such, living in a squalid cave attacking passer-bys….in possession of enough gold to buy a small village. Why don’t they? And if not, what are they collecting gold for? Retirement? It is all a bit odd.
Not as odd as a beholder bursting open, though. “Look kids – scrolls!”
I’m always kind of stumped by generic treasure situations: some goblinoid or such, living in a squalid cave attacking passer-bys….in possession of enough gold to buy a small village. Why don’t they? And if not, what are they collecting gold for? Retirement? It is all a bit odd.
Not as odd as a beholder bursting open, though. “Look kids – scrolls!”
Kahuna Burger
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In "The flight of dragons" I think it was, it indicated that dragons swallowed gems to use them as grit in its crop, thus treasure would be found in the disolving remains of dead dragons....
lukelightning
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Ah yes, nothing is more fun than luring the players into butchering monsters for possible treasure. All you have to do is have one monster with gold in its gut, and the next thing you know the PCs are hacking open dire badgers and cockatrixes in hopes of some reward.
I once made a giant skeleton that had a magic dagger inside its skull... the giant had been killed by a thrown dagger to the eye.
I once made a giant skeleton that had a magic dagger inside its skull... the giant had been killed by a thrown dagger to the eye.
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Dingleberry
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After my players killed an aquatic troll, they found a bunch of coins, gems and a ring in a clamshell jammed up its... um... treasure hole.
Krypter
Explorer
Mt. Zogon had just the thing:
http://www.zogonia.com/mtzogonarchive/galeena17.html
In my game, all demons drop black diamonds after they're defeated. That's their evil, evil heart. (nod to Talislanta)
http://www.zogonia.com/mtzogonarchive/galeena17.html
In my game, all demons drop black diamonds after they're defeated. That's their evil, evil heart. (nod to Talislanta)
Patryn of Elvenshae
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The funny thing about BG's joke is that it's one I made a long, long time ago. Except, in my joke (as above), it was a Ring of Human Influence (which I think granted 18 Charisma and allowed you to Charm Person a couple times per day).
In my set-up, you came into a room in a dungeon which had three doors. Ancient runes instructed you to choose your reward by operating a lever.
The levers were marked "Beauty," "Power," and ... "Grace," maybe?
The lever marked "Beauty" opened a door behind which was a beholder (with a Ring of Human Influence in his central eye).
The lever marked "Power" had some kind of old creature known as a Corrupter or something similar behind it, along with some Gauntlets of Ogre Power.
I can't recall what the third lever said, had, or gave you.
In my set-up, you came into a room in a dungeon which had three doors. Ancient runes instructed you to choose your reward by operating a lever.
The levers were marked "Beauty," "Power," and ... "Grace," maybe?
The lever marked "Beauty" opened a door behind which was a beholder (with a Ring of Human Influence in his central eye).
The lever marked "Power" had some kind of old creature known as a Corrupter or something similar behind it, along with some Gauntlets of Ogre Power.
I can't recall what the third lever said, had, or gave you.
freebfrost
Explorer
Pretty sure.Patryn of Elvenshae said:Are you sure that was Crothian? I know I've mentioned that before, because that's what I did in my very first game of D&D after my very first fight in D&D.
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