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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thornir Alekeg" data-source="post: 5202538" data-attributes="member: 15651">I'm confused.  Is the compass itself the only "fabulous treasure" it would lead people to?  Its only value is to be sold to someone else?  In that case where would the legend of leading to fabulous treasure ever come about?  If it cannot lead you to found treasure, it has no inherent value to anyone.  Or was the compass an intelligent object that somehow read the minds of the party from a distance and knew that the party planned on selling it, therefore it was, for the party, leading them to a fabulous treasure just be being found?  If the latter, then it seems to me that your knowledge of the party's intent may have affected the outcome.    And there is the crux of the matter right there.  Why did you have no intention of letting them get their hands on it without triggering the curse?  <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Because you wanted them to refuse to take the compass and have the regrets of not knowing if it would have been worth it? Always a bad idea to have a preconceived notion of what the players should do in these kinds of situations and not be open to ideas that defeat the challenge.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Because you wanted to inflict the curse upon them? That isn't rat bastard DMing, it is just bad DMing.  As DM you have the power to inflict any kind of curse you want at any time for any reason, it just isn't a good idea if you want to have an enjoyable game.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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