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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark" data-source="post: 2080141" data-attributes="member: 5">Maybe....Regardless of what is in the box, the inside bottom of the box has a mirror that reflects whoever is looking into the box and shows behind them the person who most wants to do them harm.  The box belonged to someone knwon to the dwarf and was being sent to him to aid him in his dealings with the demon (more on that later).  In the case of the pirates (the one looking into the box, anyway), it showed the dwarf standng behind them because he wanted to kill (or seriously harm) whoever took his box.  The pirates don't understand the significance of what they saw but it caused them to take a more immediate interest in the dwarf and his operations.  The dwarf, of course, wants it back because he wants to use it to warn him of his enemies and make sure that the demon with which he is allied isn't (and the other demon worshippers who weren't killed when the ship sunk aren't) harboring direct thoughts of betraying him.  Without the box, the dwarf fears he will have no warning if the demon plans to kill him.  The mirror could work once a day, or perhaps a few times per day, or maybe dawn and dusk, or some such.As to what was in the box, or the rest of the shipment, perhaps there were other trappings he needs to protect himself while dealing with the demon, and the demon-worshippers, such as wards and alarm-type objects for the dwarf's home?  Perhaps the dwarf has transported his more valuable things inland in anticipation of the plan to replace the sea ghod falling apart, and his needing to then not be anywhere near the sea.Maybe now, the dwarf is having even stronger second thoughts and wants out from under his dealings with the demon, and the demon-worshippers, and will offer more to the PCs if they will help him escape his fate?If, somehow when all this is done, the PCs wind up with the box it would be useful for you to be able to foreshadow and sometimes obfusticate your campaign as it unfolds.BTW, I think I'll use this box for something else myself... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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