DM looking for story help. I’m running a campaign for 5 players at 5th level currently. Sometime ago, before confronting a green dragon, our warlock tried to activate a Poison resistance spell scroll that required a DC 12 arcana check to activate- he flubbed it and asked for advantage. I said “you feel a fey presence attempting to intervene on your part- you can take advantage but you will be in debt for something you will not enjoy.” He took it, it succeeded, and honestly it saved the party. Flash forward and it turns out the fey was a green hag and she’s calling in the favor. I originally was going to keep it simple: this hag wants an infant stolen for her from a specific noble. Brutal, but I felt it worked for a hag deal. I dunno why, but as I RP’ed the interaction I said that the nobleman in question made a deal w/ the hag to forego fertility for wealth- but years later “something” intervened and this couple just had a baby and this hag is furious and wants it. I had NOTHING prepared for what could possibly intervene on a hag curse and how it could affect what happens next. Some kind of celestial? What would it’s goals/motives be? Hadn’t thought of a thing- I was kicking myself for that flub. Any ideas what this mysterious other entity could be and how it could make this interesting? A rival hag? Fiend? Celestial? Any help would be awesome!
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider. My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong. I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲 “It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
I love this. However, I can readily think of two equally delicious alternatives.
Alternative 1: the noble sold his soul in an infernal contract for the child - giving you the possibility of setting up a devil or archdevil as a nemesis for your warlock.
Alternative 2: the baby is indeed the wife's, but not the noble's. The party finds this out in a way that exposes the noble. This sets up the noble as the nemesis - as he won't lightly countenance such a scandal.
DM looking for story help. I’m running a campaign for 5 players at 5th level currently. Sometime ago, before confronting a green dragon, our warlock tried to activate a Poison resistance spell scroll that required a DC 12 arcana check to activate- he flubbed it and asked for advantage. I said “you feel a fey presence attempting to intervene on your part- you can take advantage but you will be in debt for something you will not enjoy.” He took it, it succeeded, and honestly it saved the party.
Flash forward and it turns out the fey was a green hag and she’s calling in the favor. I originally was going to keep it simple: this hag wants an infant stolen for her from a specific noble. Brutal, but I felt it worked for a hag deal. I dunno why, but as I RP’ed the interaction I said that the nobleman in question made a deal w/ the hag to forego fertility for wealth- but years later “something” intervened and this couple just had a baby and this hag is furious and wants it. I had NOTHING prepared for what could possibly intervene on a hag curse and how it could affect what happens next. Some kind of celestial? What would it’s goals/motives be? Hadn’t thought of a thing- I was kicking myself for that flub. Any ideas what this mysterious other entity could be and how it could make this interesting? A rival hag? Fiend? Celestial? Any help would be awesome!
The noble's baby is stolen from someone else!😱
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
I love this. However, I can readily think of two equally delicious alternatives.
Alternative 1: the noble sold his soul in an infernal contract for the child - giving you the possibility of setting up a devil or archdevil as a nemesis for your warlock.
Alternative 2: the baby is indeed the wife's, but not the noble's. The party finds this out in a way that exposes the noble. This sets up the noble as the nemesis - as he won't lightly countenance such a scandal.
I'd go for Alternative 2 as well!
Hadgar Greystone, Lv 10 Duergar Death Cleric.
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Ancient Rome Theros Homebrew.
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Awesome- thanks!