Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Enchanted Trinkets Complete--a hardcover book containing over 500 magic items for your D&D games!

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 1397763" data-attributes="member: 63">Ideas for trippiness.* Quick timeline.  The party teleports to confront Emperor Shaaladel, but negotiations are underway for a peaceful end to the conflict, and Shaaladel says they should prepare for the wedding, which will occur the next morning.  The whole events should take place in the span of one day and night.  So they arrive soon after sunrise on, conveniently enough, March 4th, and all of the events need to finish by dawn the next day.  But the sun won't rise that next day.  When they watch the sun set, it falls into the ocean, and it looks almost as if the sea sizzles in the distance.* Oddly enough, one of my players, who moved away last semester, is coming back for a visit just in time for this.  His character would normally never come back, but he could show up in a strange pseudo dream sequence.  It might even be the real him.  His name is The Great Diogenes.* Some fun symbolism as, in preparation for the wedding, the bride-to-be has special outfits made for everyone, a bizarre mixture of Power Ranger-esque color schemata, and obscure references to a prophecy they saw before that used five rivers as a metaphor for heroes.  What are the key Power Ranger colors again?  Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Black?  (*Thinks to self* Rantle - Red, Guthwulf - Black, Quill Kainen - Yellow, Blue - Fayne as bridesmaid, Green - Kathor who is dead).* Other symbolism.  Diogenes is dressed as a jester, supposedly as a disguise to make sure none of his enemies see him, but this reflects that the party never respected him.  Guthwulf has been putting the moves on Rantle's sister, so Diogenes will fight for her love.  Diogenes was always great at spell duels.  Everywhere Rantle's sister goes, ridiculous disaster will follow.  * The wedding rehearsal will be in late afternoon, so that by the time they finish the rehearsal dinner, it will be night time.  Now, Rantle has this mega artifact, the Torch, which used to belong to an Emperor that was assassinated in the middle of the night.  In this night, Rantle won't be assassinated, but the same assassins who killed off that Emperor will show up and steal the wedding rings.  Lots of action involved in tracking down the rings, including the convenient arrival of a volcano not far off shore (they'll be on the coast).* Near the end of the adventure, some of the party switch bodies for a while, forcing them to act in character or else get in trouble.  But it also gives them a chance to learn secrets.* I'm thinking maybe Shaaladel will announce that he's marrying Fayne's younger cousin.  They can hold simultaneous weddings with Rantle and Shalosha.</blockquote>

Verification