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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 8045108" data-attributes="member: 7635">A few suggestions from one of my favorite Dragon articles: 101 Little Mysteries... (Issue 240 if you're interested)Stopping to drink at a river, a PC sees something dark and ominous appear behind his reflection, raising a sword as if to strike the PC. When the PC turns, he sees nothing there. This event can recur several times before the source of the mystery is revealed.A game animal brought in by a character hunting has an old wound with an elaborately carved elven arrowhead still embedded in the animal’s flesh. Any sage or elf the PCs consult knows that such arrowheads have supposedly not been used in over five centuries.In the gullet of some creature slain by the PCs is a locket that holds a miniature painting of one PC’s lost love or distant relative.The PCs find a mummified hand clenched into a tight fist. Divination reveals that it holds something magical, but normal and arcane means to open the grip are ineffective. The only clue is a faded tattoo of a well on the mummy’s wrist.Just outside some ruins is discovered a massive pair of manacles, fit for wrists twice the size of a man’s and forged from rune-etched iron. The chains that link them have been broken, the metal notched as if gnawed and bitten through.Roasting fresh game on the campfire spit, one of the PCs’ companions (preferably a local guide) mentions how the smell of cooked food attracts spirits. While eating his portion, the character feels a presence but sees nothing. A bone is tossed into the dying fire, and in the sparks and smoke that result, the PC thinks he sees two burning eyes starting down upon him.A rosebush, its blossoms the color of blood, is an odd site in the barren wilderness. Nestled in the roots is something pale and round. Perhaps the skull of someone foolish enough to pluck a rose? Or the curve of an ivory bowl?The pet or animal companion (but not familiar) of one of the PCs returns after running off for several days. The creature now wimpers and cowers by its master whenever night falls.</blockquote>

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