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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 3305720" data-attributes="member: 4937">About 3 times the suggested treasure for a CR 20 encounter.And not a particularly comfortable bed for a coin loving dragon to sleep on, either.And it gives one the impression that the dragon threw all the brass rings and cheap baubles out, which is entirely out of character for dragons.  They horde.  Think Smaug.  Only smaller.I like the general idea of the tapestry that contains a secret clue though.  You should come up with a means of detecting the secret though, like a series of skill check hurdles (you have to appraise the tapestry, if you do, you can make a DC 28 search check to notice the hidden pattern, and if you speak infernal and pass a DC 24 knowledge (arcane) check you know what you are looking at) and a value for it on the open market if its secret is not known (and if it is).  Partly I like it because its easy to miss, and partly I like it because its something that if you sell it, it will probably come back to haunt you.  There is also a moral delemma involved once you know what you have.  Infernal true names are dangerous to leave lying around both as a temptation and a threat, but merely destroying the item may not be a good act because of the power to oppose evil it represents in an emergency.</blockquote>