D&D 5E Farts (serious question)

[neobolts]

First off, if you are one of my players, stop reading.

I'm working on a fairly lowbrow session to offset the recent have tone of my campaign. In brief, a minstrel show is being ruined by mysterious terrible flatulence (in fact seeping through a planar rift).S*** demons are nothing new to mythology, and I'm considering a portal to a layer of hell or the Abyss, or maybe even a quasielemental plane of farts. There are some pretty gonzo old modules out there. Lore gurus, is there anything in the D&D cannon that has dealt with this directly?

 

[delericho]

It's not D&D, per se, but IIRC the original "Rappan Athuk" module included some sort of excremental.

 

[neobolts]

It's not D&D, per se, but IIRC the original "Rappan Athuk" module included some sort of excremental.

"Excremental" is an amazing term. That alone is worth the post. Much thanks!

 

[delericho]

Sadly, I don't think it was mine - I'm sure I got that from "Dogma".

 

[Jefe Bergenstein]

Clearly any such quest should involve solving the riddle of the Sphincs and a trip to the Temple of Smellemental Evil to stop the machinations of He Who Dealt It!

 

[Cristian Andreu]

There ought to be a section of the Elemental Plane of Air were "odorous winds" happen with enough frecuency as to be a proper place for there to be an entire realm sunken in farts. Probably ruled by a djinn who has clearly fallen our of favour (from the City of Ass, perhaps?).

The Paraelemental Plane of Ooze is always a reasonable source of all things stinky. So would be Minauros, the Third Layer of Hell, which would include the argument in favour of poop devils or something (though I'm pretty sure such things would be rather low in the Baatezu social pyramid. "Mortal! I have emerged from the depths of this toilet to offer a deal once and nevermore: Sign here and henceforth thy bottom vapours shall be redolent of roses! What do you mean your soul is worth more than that? Oh really? Well, enjoy your explosive diarrhea, then, you pretentious prick! ... could you, uh, flush this before you go? Our travel methods are rather restricted, you see").

 

[Scrivener of Doom]

Juiblex's realm in the Abyss might be your best bet, as one can only image the foul odours born in that place. But I cannot think of any module that deals with this.

Alternatively, there are great gatherings of mating squid that take place in the real world which make an Ed Greenwood novel look chaste. What if the source of the stench in your campaign is actually a mass mating of otyughs in the sewers beneath the building with real life squid as inspiration?

 

[Raunalyn]

Ah...puns and fart jokes. The highest (errr lowest?) form of humor...

 

[The Grassy Gnoll]

Ninjas are the obvious enemy to use.
They're silent but violent.

 

[neobolts]

Great ideas. I think a djinn named "He Who Dealt It" is a winner. With a modest palace pompously named the City of Ass and guarded by excremental soldiers. The minstrel show being ruined has evolved into a Magic Mike parody. Magical Mike and the Wands of Wonder. I'll report back next week how it turned out.