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<blockquote data-quote="Ferox4" data-source="post: 1270143" data-attributes="member: 1605">Are you familiar with the Tinder Box fairy tale? This idea is loosely inspired by it:As part of their quest they must pass the Riddle of the Wailing Witch. She'a a banshee in the forest that has been left to guard a special tree. Each night she stands by the tree and wails, scaring off the weak of heart and beckoning the brave.The tree itself is rather large, wider than tall, and has a massive trunk with a large hole in it. When the PCs approach her she is benign, sad and asks for their help. She explains that she has been cursed to stay here at this tree until someone could pass the test: Someone must go down into the tree and find the single most valuable item down there and then bring it back to the witch for judgement. If they succeed, they can have everything within the tree. If they fail they die. She explains that there are 3 dangerous dogs down there. One with eyes as big as saucers, another with eyes as big as millstones, and yet another with eyes as big as the round tower itself. They each guard their own respective treasures (copper, silver, gold, respectively). Use of magic is impossible in the tree. The only way inside the tree is to climb down the rope fastened at the base of the hole.The dogs and their treasure are a ruse. You could put some nice magical items in their hoardes just to spice it up, but here's the rub: since magic is unaivable the only way out of the tree is by the rope (climbing is also impossible), thereby making the rope the most valuable item down there.It's a bit devious, but could really throw off the PCs for a while. They'll be thinking they need an appraiser, or a strong fighter when all they really need is to be wise.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ferox4, post: 1270143, member: 1605"] Are you familiar with the [I]Tinder Box[/I] fairy tale? This idea is loosely inspired by it: As part of their quest they must pass the Riddle of the Wailing Witch. She'a a banshee in the forest that has been left to guard a special tree. Each night she stands by the tree and wails, scaring off the weak of heart and beckoning the brave. The tree itself is rather large, wider than tall, and has a massive trunk with a large hole in it. When the PCs approach her she is benign, sad and asks for their help. She explains that she has been cursed to stay here at this tree until someone could pass the test: Someone must go down into the tree and find the single most valuable item down there and then bring it back to the witch for judgement. If they succeed, they can have everything within the tree. If they fail they die. She explains that there are 3 dangerous dogs down there. One with eyes as big as saucers, another with eyes as big as millstones, and yet another with eyes as big as the round tower itself. They each guard their own respective treasures (copper, silver, gold, respectively). Use of magic is impossible in the tree. The only way inside the tree is to climb down the rope fastened at the base of the hole. The dogs and their treasure are a ruse. You could put some nice magical items in their hoardes just to spice it up, but here's the rub: since magic is unaivable the only way out of the tree is by the rope (climbing is also impossible), thereby making the rope the most valuable item down there. It's a bit devious, but could really throw off the PCs for a while. They'll be thinking they need an appraiser, or a strong fighter when all they really need is to be wise. [/QUOTE]

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