Troll Porn

[Vraille Darkfang]

So, what have you put in a Treasure Horde that gives your players the willies?

I think the Troll Porn would have to be the thing that most made my players go:

'shiver', "MY EYES! "MY Poor Eyes!".

Because, if you think about it, what would be a Troll's most prized possession?

That Dagger +1 or the Programmed Illusion of Gozo-Troll-Orgy-Fest 7?

I've also put Crap in a locked Chest in an Otyugh Lair (Rare Dire Lion Poop, he sort of treated it like a Rare Wine, to be stored for a special occasion).

I've often thought that very little thought goes into the inner psychology of those critters about to be spitted (and roasted) on adventurers' swords.

I think it is high time that treasure hoards included what the actual owners considered valuable, as opposed to what the thieves (adventurers) get when they kill the monster & take his stuff.

 

[Kmart Kommando]

Does that mean Modrons keep a stack of JPEG pron in their belt pouches?

 

[Deuce Traveler]

I think that you would like Hackmaster since they have all sorts of this kind of humor in their modules.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

I don't think trolls have the skills for that kind of illusion-making. Picture a troll paying a PC mage for something like that. Lol!

Seriously, I think they're more into ... large toys and aiding devices. That's all I'll say on this topic, for fear of getting the thread locked.

(Okay, one more thing: what if the PCs don't immediately recognize what the items are? They carry them around and try to sell them, when the shopkeeper they sell too states exactly what they are!)

 

[interwyrm]

Hehe. Miscellaneous 'art' objects.

 

[an_idol_mind]

While it's not particularly disgusting, one of the PCs in my game now has a copy of Ye Olde Bathroom Reader from a b&e job in a wizard's tower.

 

[QuaziquestGM]

A bone motif teddy found under a wizard's bed. Then they found the framed photo in the night stand dewar of his lich girlfriend....

 

[Clavis]

Sometimes its been the location of the treasure that created the ick factor.

Such as when the halfling PC had to pull a bag of gems out of a female ogre's.....um, special place.

It's the kind of event I love to describe in exquisite detail, emphasizing the unique visual, auditory, and olfactory elements of the experience.

 

[Nifft]

Does that mean Modrons keep a stack of JPEG pron in their belt pouches?

Surely Modrons would prefer a lossless format.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Relique du Madde]

Seriously, I think they're more into ... large toys and aiding devices. That's all I'll say on this topic, for fear of getting the thread locked.

You can always throw in an "innocent" weapon and add lurid details to them...

DM: "You go into the Troll's treasure chest and find a large club that is covered with iron knobs and has a pungent smell..."
Player: Cool, it must have some sort of special power. I'm going to take it.
DM: "Uhm... ok.. if you insist..."