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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 5190691" data-attributes="member: 7533">Thanks.  I have a tendency to keep re-introducing them until someone takes the time to notice and find out what they mean.  The look on the faces of the players when they finally realize what the Easter Egg is is priceless.Another ongoing Easter Egg I've used in half a dozen campaigns so far...Sooner or later, when the PCs find a large treasure horde: "There is a large iron bound chest. The majority of the coins are kept inside it. The lid of the chest has a coat of arms of inlaid iron. The crest displays a spread raven, clutching a sword in its talons and with a coronet above its head. When you remove the coins from the chest to count them, small scraps of black dirt can be found in the corners of the chest."Researching the crest reveals it to be the coat of arms of the von Zarovich family...  But as with the hieroglyphics on the glowing scarab, none of my players have yet been curious enough about the crest or what scraps of dirt at the bottom of a treasure chest to investigate the clues.I do this a lot as well...As we are playing through the Scale of War adventure path, my players ran across a Monastery of Moradin.  In the courtyard are scores of statues of legendary dwarf heroes.  The newest statue depicted a proud dwarf shield maiden ready to strike with a heavy axe, the plaque names her as Ilsa Strongarm.  Ilsa was a PC from a campaign that we played nearly seven years ago...  At the climax of that campaign, she sacrificed herself to shove a powerful demon into a portal and banish it to the Far Realms.The funny thing is, the same thing inadvertently happens at our gaming table...  My wife has been the one constant player in my games for the last 12 years.  While I don't purposefully tailor the references to her, very often, she'll be the first or only one to catch them, and she'll then have to explain it to the others.</blockquote>

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