As the title says I have an idea I want to build a session around in a mimic/double ganger dungeon. I plan to have a lab in an abandoned fort overtaken by monsters long ago in the forest that will have beautiful ornate health potions that are actually insect looking when they unfold. When a player drinks it I want to have them get healed but also be infected with parasitic eggs that feed on them and eventually shows outer signs so they have to go seek medical help. Not an out right death but to make them more warry of the world and to add to a story of a mad scientist they will learn about through the campaign.
how would you stat it since it won’t really attack or reveal themselves except maybe to inject the infected fluids into a sleeping persons body.
I was thinking maybe stages with different debuffs and visual ailments after so much time in game passes? Instead of damage use debuffs and if left unattended will lead to instant death by parasitic eggs feeding on their nutrition?
As the title says I have an idea I want to build a session around in a mimic/double ganger dungeon. I plan to have a lab in an abandoned fort overtaken by monsters long ago in the forest that will have beautiful ornate health potions that are actually insect looking when they unfold. When a player drinks it I want to have them get healed but also be infected with parasitic eggs that feed on them and eventually shows outer signs so they have to go seek medical help. Not an out right death but to make them more warry of the world and to add to a story of a mad scientist they will learn about through the campaign.
how would you stat it since it won’t really attack or reveal themselves except maybe to inject the infected fluids into a sleeping persons body.
I was thinking maybe stages with different debuffs and visual ailments after so much time in game passes? Instead of damage use debuffs and if left unattended will lead to instant death by parasitic eggs feeding on their nutrition?
idk if im too late for this but i actually made this a monster here on dnd beyond https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/1216526-heath-potion-mimic