Shades of Eternity
Legend
I was bored, so stewed three different adventures based around the classic song by Jimmy Buffet.
which one would you use?
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Premise: A legendary treasure map leads the party to a remote tropical island where rumors tell of a divine feast granted to adventurers who prove their worth. The centerpiece? A celestial cheeseburger said to restore vitality and grant visions of paradise to those who partake.
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Premise: Two minor deities, Gouda (god of cheese) and Bova (god of beef), have been locked in a feud over whose culinary art is superior. Their followers’ prayers have summoned the party to mediate—or risk the wrath of divine culinary chaos.
Adventure Highlights:
Premise: The village of Paradisia was known for its exquisite cheeseburgers until the secret recipe vanished. Now, villagers whisper of an ancient cookbook, the Burgonomicon, hidden in the ruins of a cursed fast-food temple. Can the adventurers recover the recipe without succumbing to its greasy madness?
Adventure Highlights:
which one would you use?
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1. "The Island of Lost Cravings"
Tone: Lighthearted and tropicalPremise: A legendary treasure map leads the party to a remote tropical island where rumors tell of a divine feast granted to adventurers who prove their worth. The centerpiece? A celestial cheeseburger said to restore vitality and grant visions of paradise to those who partake.
Adventure Highlights:
- Quests for Ingredients: The island’s guardian spirit, Chef de Cuisine, tasks the adventurers with gathering magical ingredients to craft the perfect cheeseburger. Challenges include harvesting golden wheat guarded by harpies, milking a celestial cow, and slaying a volcano elemental to sear the perfect patty.
- Island Antics: Encounters with playful coconut crabs, talking parrots with cryptic advice, and rival treasure hunters who also seek the "paradise burger."
- Moral Dilemma: Upon crafting the legendary burger, the party learns eating it causes the island’s magic to fade. Will they enjoy paradise or preserve the island’s wonders?
2. "The Beef Between Gods"
Tone: Epic with a dash of comedyPremise: Two minor deities, Gouda (god of cheese) and Bova (god of beef), have been locked in a feud over whose culinary art is superior. Their followers’ prayers have summoned the party to mediate—or risk the wrath of divine culinary chaos.
Adventure Highlights:
- Divine Challenges: To appease the gods, the adventurers must prove their worth by competing in trials—like a cow-wrangling gauntlet, a cheese-sculpting competition, and a cooking duel with a fire elemental sous chef.
- Mystery: The feud stems from a third deity, Sésame, who has gone missing, leaving the burger incomplete. The party must investigate her disappearance in a celestial kitchen overrun by rogue utensils and magical grease traps.
- Climactic Feast: Reuniting the gods results in a divine banquet where the adventurers are the guests of honor, earning divine boons and resolving a celestial rivalry.
3. "The Burgonomicon"
Tone: Weird and spooky with food-themed horrorPremise: The village of Paradisia was known for its exquisite cheeseburgers until the secret recipe vanished. Now, villagers whisper of an ancient cookbook, the Burgonomicon, hidden in the ruins of a cursed fast-food temple. Can the adventurers recover the recipe without succumbing to its greasy madness?
Adventure Highlights:
- Cursed Ingredients: Each chapter of the Burgonomicon is guarded by bizarre creatures like the Ketchup Ooze, the Pickle Hydra, and the Bun Golem.
- Corrupted Villagers: Those who ate imperfect burgers from counterfeit recipes have mutated into burger-themed horrors, like the Beef Brutes and Fry Fiends.
- Twist Ending: The Burgonomicon is cursed to drive its owner to compulsive burger-making, turning them into the new temple guardian. Will the party destroy the book or risk becoming the next victims of burger madness?
