“He tried to kill us,” Jakus says to Thrudor as he wipes some snow from his clothes. “He’s not likely going to respond kindly to us, no matter how nice we treat him.” He turns towards the guards who let him in. “You may want to lock him up, but be careful. He seems to have magical abilities.”
"Well," said Titus to the guards, "it seems we'll need to fill you all in on a number of things. Who's in charge in this city? We need to speak with them; we're on a mission from the king, and this would-be assassin isn't just a mere criminal--he's likely tied into it all."
"Our king, yes. He's, um..." They eye each other nervously. One whispers to the other. "You're the king's men. We'll talk inside, you can rest up a bit later."
Three human guards silently walk you into a heavily guarded stone building. They work towards a locked room and open it. The room is hot, and filled with torches, but a man remains frozen in gray ice in the center. "That's the prince. Happened three days ago. The king won't talk to anyone now." "He's the second oldest prince. Why would they freeze him? What about the king or a military leader?" "We don't have many clues. We do know that that he was examining this artifact." One of the guards unlocks a chest. Inside is a necklace made of black triangular beads, and a 10-sided dice made of bone hanging on one end. "Witnesses say he rolled the dice. I believe he rolled... a 2? Yes, he rolled a 2 and froze." "We don't want to roll the dice again, who knows what could happen."
Spoiler box for Jakus,
You hear a whisper in undercommon coming from the prince. "Shadow will rise. You could join us." The voice echoes in your ears. "If you wish to join me, place the dice on my frozen body. If you wish not to join me, roll the dice and the body will be freed. But you won't gain power."
Titus gave Jakus an odd look, then reached out his hand to clasp over his companion's. "Jakus," he asked slowly and deliberately, "what are you doing?"
Thrudor follows the others in disappointed they did not wnat to interogate the leopard but instead leave him lying in the snow for the guards to take care of....He thought it odd that they didn't want to try to get answers just whack, smack and move on.....He chalks it up to them being young and follows them in. He silently walks along with them and the guards and was about to speak up about the frozen prince when Jakus took up the dice....
Jakus recoils, shaking his head. “Uhh, did you guys hear that?” he asks, confused. Jakus looks down, and sees the dice in his palm. “How did this get here? Why am I holding it? What’s going on?”
Titus slowly removed his hand. "Maybe you should drop those, Jakus," he said with a note of relief. He then turned to glare angrily at the guards. "Do you normally just flaunt those cursed dice to people and get this sort of reaction? No one even thought to encase them?! I should beat you myself for such reckless disregard!"
Sighing and taking a step back, he looked toward the frozen prince, then back at the guards. "Okay, so the prince is ensorcelled. Who's actually running things, then? Surely not you lot. Is there a head of the court? Maybe even just a captain of the guard?"
Thrudor unable to help his curiosity takes a gander into the chest at the necklace "Perhaps there's a riddle to be solved between the items to help the young prince"
“He..the prince spoke to me. In my mind,” Jakus says, still shaken from the experience. “He said if I placed the dice on him, I would join him. But if I rolled the dice, I’d free him but not get power? Whatever that means, I never really cared for power anyways.” Jakus takes the die and rolls it on the ground.
"That's never happened before I'm sorry." "And the power thing sounds like a lie. You roll the dice, and it corrupts you. You place it on the ice, the corrupted prince takes it. It's a lose-lose scenario." "I didn't hear any voices."
The other guard, the one not speaking, is staring at the dice silently.
The bone dice flashes with blue light as it hits the ground, landing in a 9. The bones twist and grow into a bone and ice bottle 6 inches tall and 3 inches wide in the middle (it's rounded, only 2 inches wide at the top and bottom). The bottle is filled with sparkly white liquid, and there's a small lid screwed on top. "I believe... you rolled high, I guess it was a good thing. That must be why a 2 froze the prince, it was a bad number."
“He tried to kill us,” Jakus says to Thrudor as he wipes some snow from his clothes. “He’s not likely going to respond kindly to us, no matter how nice we treat him.” He turns towards the guards who let him in. “You may want to lock him up, but be careful. He seems to have magical abilities.”
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"Understood. Criminals hate being captured, his boss, if he has one, will probably be mad."
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"I find that in some circumstances violence is good at freeing words from unwilling mouths, but I suspect that in case it would prove fruitless."
"Thrudor, as a druid I believe you have the ability to calm beasts, would that help in this case?"
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"Well," said Titus to the guards, "it seems we'll need to fill you all in on a number of things. Who's in charge in this city? We need to speak with them; we're on a mission from the king, and this would-be assassin isn't just a mere criminal--he's likely tied into it all."
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"Our king, yes. He's, um..." They eye each other nervously. One whispers to the other. "You're the king's men. We'll talk inside, you can rest up a bit later."
Three human guards silently walk you into a heavily guarded stone building. They work towards a locked room and open it. The room is hot, and filled with torches, but a man remains frozen in gray ice in the center. "That's the prince. Happened three days ago. The king won't talk to anyone now." "He's the second oldest prince. Why would they freeze him? What about the king or a military leader?" "We don't have many clues. We do know that that he was examining this artifact." One of the guards unlocks a chest. Inside is a necklace made of black triangular beads, and a 10-sided dice made of bone hanging on one end. "Witnesses say he rolled the dice. I believe he rolled... a 2? Yes, he rolled a 2 and froze." "We don't want to roll the dice again, who knows what could happen."
Spoiler box for Jakus,
You hear a whisper in undercommon coming from the prince. "Shadow will rise. You could join us." The voice echoes in your ears. "If you wish to join me, place the dice on my frozen body. If you wish not to join me, roll the dice and the body will be freed. But you won't gain power."
Make a wisdom saving throw.
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Wisdom saving throw: 4
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Something feels wrong as Jakus, as if against his will, picks up the dice necklace. He stares blankly into space as he takes off the dice.
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Titus gave Jakus an odd look, then reached out his hand to clasp over his companion's. "Jakus," he asked slowly and deliberately, "what are you doing?"
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Frost forms on Jakus's hand is he holds the dice.
Jakus, because you are being snapped back to reality by Titus, roll a wisdom saving throw again with advantage. DC 14.
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Wisdom Saving Throw: 17
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Thrudor follows the others in disappointed they did not wnat to interogate the leopard but instead leave him lying in the snow for the guards to take care of....He thought it odd that they didn't want to try to get answers just whack, smack and move on.....He chalks it up to them being young and follows them in. He silently walks along with them and the guards and was about to speak up about the frozen prince when Jakus took up the dice....
Jakus, you are no longer hypnotized.
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Jakus recoils, shaking his head. “Uhh, did you guys hear that?” he asks, confused. Jakus looks down, and sees the dice in his palm. “How did this get here? Why am I holding it? What’s going on?”
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Titus slowly removed his hand. "Maybe you should drop those, Jakus," he said with a note of relief. He then turned to glare angrily at the guards. "Do you normally just flaunt those cursed dice to people and get this sort of reaction? No one even thought to encase them?! I should beat you myself for such reckless disregard!"
Sighing and taking a step back, he looked toward the frozen prince, then back at the guards. "Okay, so the prince is ensorcelled. Who's actually running things, then? Surely not you lot. Is there a head of the court? Maybe even just a captain of the guard?"
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Thrudor unable to help his curiosity takes a gander into the chest at the necklace "Perhaps there's a riddle to be solved between the items to help the young prince"
“He..the prince spoke to me. In my mind,” Jakus says, still shaken from the experience. “He said if I placed the dice on him, I would join him. But if I rolled the dice, I’d free him but not get power? Whatever that means, I never really cared for power anyways.” Jakus takes the die and rolls it on the ground.
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"That's never happened before I'm sorry." "And the power thing sounds like a lie. You roll the dice, and it corrupts you. You place it on the ice, the corrupted prince takes it. It's a lose-lose scenario." "I didn't hear any voices."
The other guard, the one not speaking, is staring at the dice silently.
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Jakus, roll a d10.
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8
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Nice roll.
The bone dice flashes with blue light as it hits the ground, landing in a 9. The bones twist and grow into a bone and ice bottle 6 inches tall and 3 inches wide in the middle (it's rounded, only 2 inches wide at the top and bottom). The bottle is filled with sparkly white liquid, and there's a small lid screwed on top. "I believe... you rolled high, I guess it was a good thing. That must be why a 2 froze the prince, it was a bad number."
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